Kieron Testart

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, does the public administrator have a schedule the Minister's aware of when he'll conclude his consultations with regional health advisory councils and authorities? Thank you.

Thank you. So I mean, I think it's impossible not to draw the inevitable comparison to the other two territories which are at $700 million and their borrowing limit at $600 million and, you know, if everything goes as planned, we'll be at $3.1 billion. Has the Minister had any -- well, I guess we have a lot of smart people at that table. Is there, beyond the historic infrastructure deficit and all of that, is there a reason why they've been able to kind of stick to their borrowing limits without requiring an increase versus our circumstances where we keep running up the credit card? Thank you.

Nothing further, thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, the NTHSSA has had deficit reduction plans. They've had independent third-party consultants review their operation. So, again, what is -- what will the public administrator do differently with these plans that the board didn't do and that the current administration of NTHSSA is not doing? I just don't understand why this is -- can the Minister just explain why this is such an important decision that is going to move things along when the old board and council could not do so? Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. Mr. Chair, does increases to the borrowing limit, do they require parliamentary approval, or is this something that could be done at the treasury board? Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. So for the $1.9 million for the agency nurses, does the Minister have any detail on what that is inclusive of? Do we have overtime costs, travel costs, accommodation costs; is there a breakdown she can provide? Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. The Minister of Health and Social Services dismissed the health leadership council that provided overall governance to the Northwest Territories Health and Social Services Authority. In their dismissal, which was very clear, that it was not due to cause, that they performed their duties effectively. So can the Minister explain why we need a public administrator if the outgoing council did such a good job? Thank you.

Thank you. What was the amount requested; is the Minister able to share that? Thank you.

Thank you. The chemotherapy drugs -- I know this has been kind of an ongoing difficulty in trying to tamp down on, like, a very clear cost related to chemotherapy drugs. Can the Minister speak to that because these are -- these costs continue to increase, and I think one of the issues related to health care sustainability is certainly the affordability of drugs. Thank you.

Thank you. Thank you, Mr. Chair. After this appropriation, how close will we be to the federally imposed borrowing limit? Thank you.