Would the Minister be able to elaborate exactly where they are in proximity to Yellowknife and the Territories? Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. It gives me great pleasure to table a poster here today. It belongs to the NWT Disabilities Council regarding their annual auction, of course, which is being held November 24th, between 7 and 11, and you’ll see that on the poster if you click on it on-line. Thank you.

I appreciate the Minister recognizing those two particular issues, the ones I’ve raised, but I think he’s missed the concern that they’re well outside the ability to manage it at Stanton.

The Department of Health sets the mandate and value of what they will provide the authority for physician costs, as well as medical travel costs, but their burdened to run the actuals. In other words, the department provides a budget and the Stanton authority has to do the actual, which always puts them in deficit. That’s why I once again ask, would the Minister be able to take a look at the situation and ask...

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I have been quite fortunate as I’ve grown up and had many courses and training, and offered training as an instructor for first response types of techniques. I have even had the few occasions of waiting out in the Mackenzie to help people who have been in serious jeopardy. But I couldn’t have done that without these types of skills through St. John Ambulance and Royal Life Saving Society and many other types of support mechanisms along the way. The reason I describe it that way is, without that type of support and confidence, you can’t just do that.

What can the Health...

Mr. Speaker, I’m glad to hear that there is an interdepartmental committee. This is actually the first time I have heard of this particular case. This issue has been brought forward to me by a particular person who is very familiar with the communities and said that as such, as I mentioned, Kirk Hughes had to step up to the plate where there were gaps.

What can the Minister of Health and Social Services do to help step up to the plate on this particular issue to demonstrate some leadership in communities where we don’t have first responders but we have equipment, so if an incident does happen...

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. It’s my understanding I have three constituents in the gallery and they all belong to the Elkin family, so I’m going to list them in order of importance. So first I’d like to recognize Cappy Elkin, followed by Lynn Elkin and – sorry, Larry – Larry Elkin.

YK1 has, for a number of years, been requesting the completion of the renovation and upgrade of that older building. I’m glad it was put on record. That the 1964/5 wing – I couldn’t remember what year it was – but it was part of that old design. How much has been the requested submission through the YK1 board to finish and complete the renovation project that had started? I thought it was in the range of $1.5 million. Maybe someone can clarify the request that’s been outstanding probably for the best part of eight years. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Just to make sure we’re all on the same page, what does the Department of Education view as deficiencies at the Mildred Hall School that’s been left over since the 2003-2004 half renovation?

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. In this particular case, I’d like to thank Member Bisaro for asking the questions I was going to pursue, but I’m not going to necessarily let them slide without getting some clear emphasis on that.

The Minister did make a commitment. Now I’m trying to understand what the commitment was for both Mildred Hall and Sissons. This Minister has a horrible history of saying we do discussions and we have to have meetings, but there always seems to be a lack of detail about commitment on that. So maybe the Minister could elaborate on what Members can expect coming into the next...

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I once again seek unanimous consent to return to item 7, oral questions, on the orders of the day.

---Unanimous consent denied