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Debates of , 19th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 64)

Thank you. I appreciate that. One other concern that was brought to me by my constituents, especially in Lutselk'e, they are always watching fuel prices. They see it on the news. All of the sudden, the price will dip for fuel, and it becomes cheaper everywhere. That happens from time to time, but the prices of the fuel in the small communities stay the same. Is there ever going to be an appetite to keep with the times? If you see the price of fuel drop across the board, will the department ever follow suit and try to keep things fair for our small communities? Thank you.

Debates of , 19th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 64)

Thank you, Madam Chair. I was looking at page 251 about the amortization. I know that my colleague from Yellowknife asked his questions a little bit. I'm just curious. I looked in every department here in our budget here, and this is quite a bit higher, significantly higher than any other department for this line item. It made me think about: one, why is it so high? I'll continue on with my questions. Thank you.

Debates of , 19th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 64)

Thank you, Madam Chair. I know this is a sticky point in the community of Lutselk'e because once a price is announced, that's the price for the year, but prices for fuel are always fluctuating. I am just wondering how the department determines how they keep a certain price for fuel in the communities and how they determine what rates they are going to be charging and how they arrive at that decision. Thank you.

Debates of , 19th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 64)

Yes. I understand, just in terms of what we're working on here, but it's always good to just start conversations and get that out there and find ways. Like I said, I'm always going to look for ways to try to streamline the way we do business and try to find ways for revenue, and that's working. I'll leave that as a comment. I'm kind of excited about this. I'm going to do more research on this, and I'll probably share that information with my colleagues. Thank you.

Debates of , 19th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 63)

No, nothing further. If I have any questions, I'll do it offline. Thanks.

Debates of , 19th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 63)

Marsi cho, Madam Chair. That kind of does answer a little bit about this, but I just want to make sure that my colleagues are aware that there are still some gaps there within it. I know that we go through these COVID pandemic restrictions and all that, and I'm glad to see that the Minister brought back some dental services into our small communities. That is sorely, sorely needed. We need to have more proactive measures like this because, even though there's COVID, life still goes on. We still have to keep our programs going. We still have to take care of our residents. Moving along, I had...

Debates of , 19th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 63)

Marsi cho, Madam Chair. Committee wishes to consider Tabled Document 286-19(2), Main Estimates 2021-2022, Department of Health and Social Services, and then the Department of Infrastructure. Marsi cho.

Debates of , 19th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 63)

Again, thank you for that. Going back again, I heard AEDs mentioned, so does MACA keep track of how many AEDs we have in our smaller communities?

Debates of , 19th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 63)

Marsi cho, Mr. Speaker. Just in light of my Member's statement on Friday about service gaps for emergency services, the Minister of Health and Social Services gave me a little bit of direction of where to go with this. I have some questions for the Minister of MACA. I live in a small community, and I wanted to take first aid training or first responder training. Where would I go? Marsi cho, Mr. Speaker.

Debates of , 19th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 63)

Thank you, Madam Chair. I move that this committee defer further consideration of the estimates for the Department of Health and Social Services at this time. Mahsi cho, Madam Chair.