Robert Hawkins

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...

Yes, I'll take that. Is it lengthy? Because then it makes it difficult to ask my next question. But I'll take it as well in paper. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. As we all know, questions are to illuminate information, probe concerns, and chase down individual details, and there's a reasonable expectation that certain information cannot be at the tip of the Ministers' fingers. So, Mr. Speaker, I just want to clarify one more time on the record, is there any type of informal impression that the government will take if a Member -- not informal -- or actually now I'm trying to qualify this in a way -- is there any sort of backlash or negative response or attitude from the government if a Member chooses not to proceed that --...

Of course I'd recommend a hundred percent reprint of the whole budget just so we add the word youth. No, I don't. But I would recommend if it's targeted at our youth, then we should put in brackets youth just to help clarity. More of an edit there than concerns.

So maybe we could jump to one of my favorite topics, doctors. Why don't we start with how many doctors do we have employed under this service, and where do we find them? Thank you. In which authority -- thank you -- when I say where do we find them.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker, my questions are for the Premier. When I was first elected, I quickly realized how little I knew in the context of government policy and process, and it's certainly a long journey. But since coming back to this Assembly, I notice there seems to be a theme which is Members are asked, either by Ministers or Minister assistants, to supply questions in advance. I'm asking the Premier specifically, is it a mandate position or an expectation in the Simpson government that Members would supply questions in advance to the Ministers? Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Chairperson. Under community wellness and addiction recovery support fund, they look very similar to mental health -- sorry, mental wellness and addictions recovery. So you have a 3. -- we'll call it -- 055 budget and a $125,000 budget. What is the true distinct difference between the two; why aren't they collapsed and put together? Thank you. Because they say similar things.