Wendy Bisaro

Thanks to the Minister. I appreciate that we are doing all these things, but they seem to be the same things that we’ve been doing for quite some time and in order to affect reform in order to make our health system more efficient, I have to encourage the Minister to change the way that we’re doing things and I didn’t hear that in his answer. I’d like to know from the Minister, my statement talked about that Australia uses telehealth to do diagnoses, to talk to patients, to assist them from a distance. I’d like to know what we use our telehealth system for. Just what exactly, what activities...

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I think I’ve spoken all I need to speak. I think hopefully it explains why I’ve brought this motion forward. I would like to ask for a recorded vote.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. It’s difficult to be short. I don’t know where to start. I guess I need to now ask the Minister, he stated that we need to make changes, he stated that the health authorities compete with each other. What is the department doing to ensure that the authorities do not compete with each other for specialized staff such as NPs and doctors? What kind of a plan is there? What is the department doing on the ground to get the people that we need in the Territories and in our communities? Thank you.

Thanks, Mr. Chair. Thanks for the explanation, but I have to say I’m afraid I can’t buy it. We are constantly, I shouldn’t say constantly, but very often as Members we are provided with information which cannot be shared with the public. We’re given information on a confidential basis to let us know what the government is doing or what the government is thinking about doing to get our opinion on whether or not we think the government should go forward, a yea or a nay or to provide some input. I find it really hard to believe that this government, knowing that this project was possibly going to...

Thank you, Minister. Mr. Bromley, anything further?

Thank you, Mr. McLeod. Mr. Bromley, you are done? All right. Committee, we are on page 6, deputy minister’s office, not previously authorized, $2.082 million.

Thank you to the Minister. Mrs. Groenewegen.

Alright, Members, we will move on to page 6, Finance, operations expenditures, deputy minister’s office, not previously authorized, $2.082 million. Mr. Bromley.

Thank you, Mr. Aumond. Mr. Bromley.

Thank you, Minister McLeod. Next on the list I have Mr. Moses.