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I guess to the Minister just to confirm so that I understand, would it be accurate to refer to this planning study as planning and studying for a major retrofit and renovations of the hospital? Thank you.
Thank you, committee. Thank you, Minister, and thank you to your witness, Mr. Guy. Sergeant-at-Arms, if you would escort the witness out of the Chamber, please.
Committee, we will move on to page 6-2, Health and Social Services. I’d like to ask Mr. Beaulieu if he has witnesses that he would like to bring into the Chamber.
Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I spoke yesterday in my statement of a number of issues raised during the Yellowknife municipal election, but time did not permit me to list them all.
Another election concern mentioned many times during the campaign was the cost of living, and a huge contributor to Yellowknife’s cost of living is housing. This city lacks both affordable housing and enough housing for the homeless, including the homeless who couch surf.
Mr. Bromley spoke yesterday of lengthy waiting lists at all of the local housing authorities, Yellowknife included. If you’re a single person in...
Thank you, Mr. Chair. I have no further questions about an operations issue.
I would like to ask the question, though, with regard to the item in the budget for the Stanton Territorial Hospital. I noticed with the Minister of Finance’s opening remarks yesterday, he stated $29.6 million for health facility replacements, including funding for the upfront planning for the upgrades that will be required at Stanton Territorial Hospital. In the budget itself it says Stanton Territorial Hospital and planning study only. So I’m a little confused as to whether or not the money for Stanton is going to be...
If we would return to the department summary on page 5-2, Public Works and Services, department summary, infrastructure investment summary, total infrastructure investment summary, $24.536 million.
Thank you, Mr. Chair. I have a couple of questions here. I wanted to follow up on some of the questions that were asked previously. First of all, with regard to the questions asked by Mr. Dolynny, by yourself, Mr. Chair, with regard to the electronic medical records, I appreciate the host of numbers that we got from the Minister. It was a little hard to follow. I wouldn’t mind asking the Minister to provide us with that on paper at a later time so it would be a little easier to follow. I wasn’t totally clear, when I was listening to the answer, how long this project is. I gather it is a multi...
Thank you, Mr. Bromley. I didn’t really hear a question there. I’ll go to the Minister for comment if he wishes.
Pages 6.4, 6.5.
Thanks, committee. We will go to page 5-10, Public Works and Services, activity summary, petroleum products division, infrastructure investment summary, total infrastructure investment summary, $3.776 million. Mr. Bromley.
Thank you, Mr. Dolynny. Mr. Beaulieu.