Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I wanted to touch on in my Member’s statement today about the experience I’ve had since I’ve been in this Assembly. It’s been quite the eye opener in terms of reading reports, interacting with Ministers and with the government. There are a lot of things that I do shake my head at sometimes, and there are a lot of times where I do get a little bit overwhelmed with some of the responses that I do get, specifically around reporting.
In past governments and this government, that we can make a positive change here. We can put a lot of these recommendations that are in reports that I’ve been reading into reality. We have an opportunity over the next four years to do that, working with Ministers on that side of the table and working with government. In fact, there are recommendations that I’ve seen in reports when I was working for government, when I was working on committees and volunteered, that have not been actioned. There are a lot of people in the Northwest Territories who put a lot of work into these strategic plans, work plans, and hoping that when it does get to this House that it’s just not tabled and it gets action to.
Well, I can make a commitment today that over the next four years, as I learn about these reports, as I see these reports, that I will bring it into the House and question the government to make sure that some of these recommendations that are put forward, if they haven’t already been addressed, do get addressed or looked into for future business plans.
I do know that the GNWT staff do a lot of work, and based on resources and funding, you know, there are some restraints in what we can and cannot do, but if we start putting our efforts to what these specialists recommend and the front-line workers recommend, then I think we can start seeing a positive change in the health and wellness of our people, our economy and everything that was mentioned in the statement earlier today with the financial budget address.
I just wanted to talk about reporting and that when it comes to the House that it just does not get tabled and left at that. That recommendations do get a serious look at and that we do work on them.
Today I will have some questions on a report where I had some input on recommendations when I was working for the government and also as a volunteer of the public. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
Thank you, Mr. Moses. The honourable Member for Hay River North, Mr. Bouchard.
