Ronald Bonnetrouge

Mahsi, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I rise to give points related to my motion, the reasons for it.

I came to the 19th Assembly with the intent on improving health care in the small communities and especially in my community where I went out campaigning and I was hearing all the stories regarding health care. There were many instances and complaints, lack of compassion, and the seriousness of illnesses. Many patients, they became patients after numerous visits to the health centre for the same ailment. That was about three, four, five times, and each time they were sent home with a Tylenol.

This...

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Mahsi. Mahsi cho, Mr. Speaker. I would like to say a big mahsi to my colleagues for your unwavering support for small community issues.

Excuse me.

This is about the concerns of the residents of the Northwest Territories, the many people that have been affected by the lack of quality healthcare. That is the big issue. Not a question there. It's an insult. And I really hope there's sincerity on that side of the House for our issues, because it won't go away. We understand there might be shortages. But there is always that trip you can take to Ottawa, because healthcare is supposed to be looked...

Mahsi, Mr. Speaker.

WHEREAS half the population of the Northwest Territories is Indigenous;

AND WHEREAS there are 33 communities in the Northwest Territories;

AND WHEREAS there is one capital, six regional centres, and 26 small communities;

AND WHEREAS Indigenous peoples make up the majority population in the small communities;

AND WHEREAS Indigenous peoples were subjected to colonization and genocide; and whereas the legacy of colonization is embedded in the health and social services system as systemic racism;

AND WHEREAS Indigenous peoples were forced to experience systemic racism in the...

Mahsi, Mr. Speaker.

Bill 40 proposes adapting standards for the practice of medicine by adding a code of ethics and competency programming. The new paragraph would allow the Minister to recommend regulations on code of ethics, continuing competency programs and the nature of those programs, and scope of practice frameworks and guidelines. The medical community responded with concerns that in most provinces, licensing colleges set and enforce standards of practice within the framework of selfregulation of the medical profession physicians.

The NWT Medical Association pointed out that the...

Mahsi, Mr. Chair. I would like to first thank the committee for presenting an interim report on its findings on the United Nations Declaration of the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, UNDRIP, and Negotiating Agreements.

Two of the priorities of the 19th Legislative Assembly are settle and implement treaty land resources as selfgovernment agreement and implement the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. The UNDRIP discussion and recommendations make up the bulk of this report which includes scholars, experts, and Indigenous governments.

There were insights that the...

In favour.

Mahsi, Mr. Speaker, and mahsi to the Minister for all his responses today. If he can't commit to having a school by the fall, if he's happy to meet with them but then we got to include Hay River, the DEA, I'm not sure how that process works, but I'm just wondering I want to know if the Minister is committed, you know, to having a school in Enterprise? Mahsi.

Mahsi, Mr. Speaker. I ask the Minister to commit to meeting with the Hamlet of Enterprise's mayor and council, along with the Enterprise education working group, as soon as possible to discuss this all too important issue. Mahsi, Mr. Speaker.

Mahsi, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I would like to point out to this Assembly that the Hamlet of Enterprise is the only hamlet in the Northwest Territories that does not have a school of its own.

Mr. Speaker, can you imagine that in today's climate of reconciliation and with the national focus and the utmost importance of quality early learning and childcare that the parents of young children in the Hamlet of Enterprise are still forced to send their children to the town of Hay River, which is approximately 40 kilometres away, in order to receive an education. Mr. Speaker, this situation is...