Tom Beaulieu

We do get monthly reports from the current provider. There is a requirement within the current contract for that information to be gathered by the contractor and provided to our department.

It is not in this year’s budget, this year’s mains. We had not anticipated putting it into the 2014-2015 mains at this time. We don’t know what the cost of that would be at this time.

Mr. Chairman, the cost, just to provide some information, has gradually increased from 2007, about $3.6 million, to in 2011-12 about $4.1 million. In addition to that, I’ll have the deputy minister provide some details on the work we’re doing in the Pharmaceutical Management Strategy.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I don’t believe that we have examined the possibility of having a residence for expecting mothers here in Yellowknife to accommodate mothers from out of the communities.

We will revise or upgrade the standards to the standards of today. Those midwifery standards were community standards also developed in 2005. I’m assuming that even in Fort Smith we were planning on updating the standards, even with the one that’s operational in Fort Smith.

Also, the thought is that Hay River would become more of a regional midwifery operation, so that we’re going to look at incorporating the regional standards into this, and so that when we move to Inuvik we will have a lot of the standards developed. But then in Inuvik it’s going to be slightly different, because in Inuvik...

We have eight communities that don’t have nursing services at this time.

Mr. Speaker, yes, we will look at the impacts of exploration that’s happening in the Sahtu on Wrigley when we examine the need for nursing in Wrigley. Thank you.

Thank you, Madam Chair. One is an air carrier and one is for personnel services to support the air ambulance flights and so on. For a more detailed reason on why there are two separate contracts, I’d like to ask the deputy minister to provide a response.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. If centralizing means we are bringing people into the centre, then we are not centralizing. I can get the deputy minister to provide details and timelines. The plan is to have the services standard with all the authorities using the same system. I will have the deputy do a detailed response to that.

Madam Chair, I will just get the deputy to go through this information for the Member.