Kieron Testart

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Following up on my honourable friend from Nahendeh's questions, I'd just like to ask the Minister of Education, Culture and Employment: if there are students who don't want to leave the Northwest Territories to take training in in-demand jobs like social work and teacher education, what do we tell those students? Thank you.

Nothing further for this department. Thank you.

Will the Minister engage with the relevant standing committee at the nearest available time to go over the kinds of changes they are contemplating, the kind of work plan that they are going over? Will the Minister commit to providing the standing committee with more information on how the department is meeting its statutory requirements under the act?

Thank you, Mr. Chair. When we reviewed the Department of Finance, there was the preparation line for strengthening labour negotiating capacity, and one of the stated purposes was around MTS and enhancing their ability for labour negotiations.

At the time we reviewed that, the department wasn't able to give an exact figure for what they predicted. The cost of MTS is a component of that additional funding would be, but they did indicate that that would be billed back to this revolving fund. I'm wondering if this department can help us get more clarity on what the expected cost of that additional...

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I would like to ask the Minister of Health and Social Services if the territorial health authority is meeting its statutory requirements under the Health Information Act? Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. One of the areas identified in the audit, too, was the facilities or certain facilities, such as snow removal of roofs on government-owned facilities. Is the facilities and property appropriation involved in that at all, or is that a regional operation item? Thank you.

So when the Health Information Act first came into place, the department identified 15 separate information systems. I will not go into them exhaustively, but they all seem to do different things: MediGent, MediPharm, ORMED, Risk Monitor Pro, Vital Statistics System, Health Suite. So, with these 15 separate information systems, are any of these going to be retained, or is this all rolling into one?

Thank you. I note that there has been a reduction to the design and technical services activity. It was $4.2 million in the revised estimates. It is now $3.5 million. It seems like there are fewer resources to work with. Is that a concern for the department, or can they give me assurances that there will be no holdup in completing the action plan? Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, in the response to questioning during the review of the 2018-2019 Main Estimates, the Minister of Health and Social Services said, and I am quoting from unedited Hansard February 28, 2018:

"We are talking about the resident being able to block their record from being seen by certain individuals within the healthcare system, including certain specific information. The initial system as designed didn't really have that available, but we have been working with the developers to see how we can incorporate that in, and we believe there is a mechanism. We are not...

Thank you, Mr. Chair. Can the Minister speak to the details, which activity line it's appropriated under or which lines under the section? Thank you.