Robert Hawkins

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. What information is tracked in the sense of how many clients use this service? Thank you.

Apologies. My apologies, I'm one page in advance. I shall wait my turn. Thank you.

I started to get worried you forgot about me, Mr. Speaker.

Mr. Speaker, there was a time not so long ago when you mentioned wellness workers. Most people around us would have said wellness what? Wellness is an act of practicing healthy habits on a daily basis to obtain better physical and mental outcomes. So instead of just surviving, we are thriving. Mr. Speaker, fast-forward to today. Wellness, or even well-being, really matters. Times have changed. When we look back, the government has made decisions in the past that may have seen -- or been perceived as efficient but the quality didn't...

Oh, myself? No, I support the comments provided by my good colleague for the Sahtu. So I support his concerns. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Chairman, the only thing I would say left on this one is that, again, I take the job loss serious. I mean, sometimes government has to do things. I recognize that. I mean, I don't support the layoffs personally in the sense of, yeah, this is a good idea. You're not going to hear that from me. But what I would say is that I recognize the government has to do the government of business sometimes, and I would encourage the department and the Minister to use the fulsome opportunity of trying to find ways to bridge these into the other two facilities, be it Hay River or...

Thank you, Mr. Chair. Just a couple quick easy questions. The first one is fee for service doctors, and the Minister asked me questions on the last one and I couldn't answer because I ran out of time. But the only area I just -- and I'll respect the time and Members are all getting tired, including myself. I'd like to know how many fee for service doctors we have in this section. So in other words, how many in total.

And out of the locums that we hire, are they hired as fee for service and can information specific to their type of costing, if possible, be provided. And I suspect, assuming...

Yeah, I may be assertive sometimes and maybe described as asservic, put on this one this is a very sensitive issue, and I take it to heart. I mean, no wants -- no one feels good about anyone losing a job or potentially losing a job, so I'm trying to be very sensitive to that end. My question just built on -- just building a little further, I would like to say from the start, I don't like the concept of the building potentially being re-profiled as some type of health centre/healing centre. And the reason I say that, only because it's not the re-profiling of opportunities, that's not the issue...

Thank you. And I'm assuming you'll have the breakout provided in written form so I won't keep beating a dead horse.

So does the cost of the locums eat up the full remaining approximately 40 doctor spaces in the -- I'm assuming the financial dollars, which I don't have here, but I'm sure you understand the point is that do the locums eat up the remainder of the money? Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

WHEREAS section 16.(2) of the Human Rights Act provides that the Northwest Territories Human Rights Commission is comprised of such members, between three and five in number as may be appointed by the Commissioner on the recommendation of the Legislative Assembly;

AND WHEREAS there will be three vacancies on the NWT Human Rights Commission as of June 8, 2024;

NOW THEREFORE I MOVE, seconded by the honourable Member for Kam Lake, that the Legislative Assembly recommend the reappointment of the following individuals to the Northwest Territories Human Rights Commission:

Ms...

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, tieing it back to the obstetrics issue, again we're talking about children in the context of birthing and supporting. How do we meet these needs through locum nurses and how does through the evidencebased process, how is it defined as cheaper or smarter? Thank you.