Lesa SemmlerMLA

Recent interventions

A teaser slice of each chamber intervention — read the full text on the official record.

1. Recognition of Visitors in the Gallery

   Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I wish to welcome my grandmother Esther Semmler. And I also want to welcome Sue Look, Alice Charley, Annie Rose McNabb, Bella Husky, and Debbie Delancey. She wasn't my boss at MACA bu…

   2026-06-04·Legislative Assembly·Official record ↗

2. Oral Questions — Question 1293-20(1): Health Information Breaches

   Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, the name of employees who may have inappropriately accessed personal health information are not disclosed in these client notifications. This approach is consistent with the privacy l…

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3. Oral Questions — Question 1293-20(1): Health Information Breaches

   Mr. Speaker, in this one instance here, I have to say here on the floor of this House that I agree with this Member. This has been a frustration of mine as a Minister. And the review that we have just completed has highl…

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4. Oral Questions — Question 1293-20(1): Health Information Breaches

   Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I will take this back to my department. I will look at it, and I will have a conversation with them and maybe -- as well as the privacy commissioner. Some of these laws and there are…

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5. Oral Questions — Question 1295-20(1): Fees for Long Term Care Clients

   Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I am unaware of where the Member got the $80,000 figure, as the long-term care rates don't have that. There is no threshold for financial hardship when it comes to fees for long-term…

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6. Oral Questions — Question 1295-20(1): Fees for Long Term Care Clients

   Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, these fees are only being charged to those clients who have applied for and been approved for long-term care. They are the same fees that are charged to all of the clients in the Nort…

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7. Oral Questions — Question 1299-20(1): Supported Living Review Recommendations

   Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, the Supported Living Review that was completed is -- the department continued to work on that over the last few years and implement and work on developing the supportive living standa…

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8. Oral Questions — Question 1299-20(1): Supported Living Review Recommendations

   Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I don't currently have the timeline for the health sustainability unit, but I know it's No. 2, and I know it's going through its processes right now to -- and so hopefully -- I can't give a date,…

   2026-06-04·Legislative Assembly·Official record ↗

9. Oral Questions — Question 1302-20(1): Leaving the Northwest Territories for Health Care

   Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I have not gotten any information back yet on the -- as there has been some back and forth with my office and the Member's office. So I will take that on notice, and then I will provi…

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10. Ministers’ Statements — Minister’s Statement 219-20(1): Primary and Community Care Framework

    Mr. Speaker, access to primary and community health care matters to people across the Northwest Territories. It affects whether someone can get help when they need it, how supported they feel when managing ongoing health…

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