Shane Thompson

I thank the Minister for that answer and I look forward to meeting with him on the audit. I guess my struggle is that the people of Nahendeh have lots of concerns, and they are feeling like their voices are not being heard. In saying that, will the Minister and his staff be willing to come to the region and listen to the residents' concerns and recommendations to help improve the health and social services system in Nahendeh, and potentially have an impact on the NWT? Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

I thank the Minister for his answer. I understand the confidentiality of these matters, but is it in any way possible that you can track in specific areas -- say that travel is an issue, appointments are an issue. Are you are able to provide a breakdown to us on the other side so that we are aware of what the issues are besides what we have presently?

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, today I would like to take the opportunity to recognize the athletes, coaches, and youth ambassadors that are representing the NWT at the Arctic Winter Games in Nuuk, Greenland from my riding. However, before I do that, I need to thank their parents, coaches, and chaperones for all their help in getting them to the games. These folks spent hundreds, maybe thousands of hours, to help them get prepared. The Arctic Winter Games are great combination of athletic competition, celebration of friendship, sportsmanship, and fair play that shows the world how...

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I also rise to speak to this motion. I would like to thank Ms. Green and Mr. Nadli for bringing this motion forward. I live with a non-visible disability in my own family, and as I have spoken in the House here previously about the education system and the challenges that they have had there, I really think we as the government need to come up with a process. After I spoke about it, I had a number of constituents ask about this as well, and I explained that Ms. Green was bringing this motion forward that would ask the government to address this and come up...

I thank the Minister for the answer. However, I think the Housing Corporation seems to miss the big picture. If we put people in homes, that's great, but if they don't have economy and they don't have income to support these homes, we're in trouble. Can the Minister please provide the House with where these modular homes came from, and how and where they were transported from?

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. We

heard the Minister responsible for the NWT Housing Corporation talk about market housing for community staff. Can the Minister please advise how the NWT Housing Corporation was able to come up with the number 30 per cent using modular homes versus stick-built? Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

I thank the Minister for that answer and I'm looking forward to this new system. Hopefully we will be able to make better changes to it. The Minister spoke about an audit that was done in 2013 regarding the Dehcho Health and Social Services Authority. Can the Minister tell us if the audit was done by the department authority or done by an external process, and who was engaged in the process?

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Today I have questions for the Minister of Health and Social Services. I would like to follow up on some of the questions that I had previously. Can the Minister please advise this House: Does the department authority track issues that are brought forth to them, and how is this process done?

I thank the Minister for his answer. Can the Minister provide the House with the cost to maintain each section of the road, Fort Providence Junction to Redknife and Redknife to Fort Simpson?

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I too would like to recognize Geoff Ray, an individual I have worked with for a number of years over the time. Hopefully, I'll continue to work with him as an MLA. As well, I'd like to recognize Sabrina Broadhead, who was a former colleague of mine and was a mentor when I first started the job. Welcome.