Wendy Bisaro

Yes, I got that, so thank you for that information.

The next question that I have with this loss of revenue, I have yet to understand, in all the discussions that we’ve had so far, what we’re going to do to our budget, how we’re going to mitigate this loss of revenue. We’ve got a budget before us but we are expecting less revenue, so we’re already in the hole. What are we doing in this budget to mitigate for that loss of revenue? Thank you.

Thanks to the Minister and I didn’t think we had one, so I’m glad that that’s confirmed.

The Minister mentioned a program that exists, I believe it’s the federal government that provides money to communities so that they can get AEDs and put them into their public places and their public buildings.

I’d like to know from the Minister if he’s aware of any program within the GNWT that would provide money to organizations, to communities, to basically organizations and communities if they wish to buy an AED and install it in their space. Thank you.

I’m trying to do some quick math in my head and I’m struggling again, I guess. So, if we are…and my quick math tells me that we’re losing about $20 million in personal income tax that we expect to get for ’13-14. If that’s the case, I don’t understand why Finance is estimating $104 million or $105 million for ’14-15. If we are so far down in ’13-14 and we’ve got these numbers from the federal government on, basically, kind of actuals, why are we not estimating revenues that are closer to this year’s actuals? Why are we going up some $15 million? Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I would like to address my questions to the Minister of Health and Social Services and I’d like to follow up on my statement. AEDs have a fairly low profile in the NWT. Certainly when my office was doing some research, it was pretty obvious. Some organizations have taken actions and others have not. For instance, we do not have an AED here at the Legislative Assembly.

So I’d like to ask the Minister, first off, whether not the Department of Health and Social Services or the GNWT, if he knows that, has any policy regarding the placement of AEDs within the territory...

I guess I’d just like to ask the Minister when he expects that review will be available to Members. I certainly look forward to reading it and being able to provide some input on where we go next. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. We’re almost at the end of it, but February is Heart Month and, unfortunately, every 26 minutes a Canadian suffers a sudden cardiac arrest. It happens without warning, to anyone, anywhere, killing more Canadians each year than car accidents, diabetes and breast and prostate cancer combined. Without help, sudden cardiac arrest victims have just minutes to live. Each minute that passes decreases their chance of survival by nearly 10 percent. It’s scary that the majority of people killed by sudden cardiac arrest have no history of heart disease.

Eighty-five percent of all...

Thanks to the Minister for the explanation. My understanding was the review was looking at the programs of BDIC. My question goes to a bigger picture to the whole issue of duplication of services. Is that something that is/was part of the review? If not, is it something that the Minister will consider in addition to this current review? Thank you.

Thanks to the deputy minister for that. I guess in my effort to make the budget as easy to understand as possible, I’m not sure why we would need two items here. I appreciate that this is a five-year limited time contribution, but I don’t quite understand why we couldn’t add it into the first one – t’s still a contribution to NWT Tourism – and then just reduce the amount if it’s not renewed after the five years, but I’ll leave it at that. Thank you, just a comment.

My last question then. The fund is going to be wrapped up by the end of this fiscal year, so that would be ’13-14, that’s why there’s no anticipated activity or revenue in ’14-15. Is that correct?

Thanks to the deputy minister. So, if I understood correctly, the corresponding expense is found in the Department of Finance. Is that correct? Thank you.