Hickes

Health Minister George Hickes says a very small percentage of people are causing the majority of issues with alcohol or noise at the isolation hotel.

I was just informed we've actually closed the construction hub in Winnipeg," Hickes said.

Minister Hickes says it's become a full-time job to communicate between the government and guests — for example, by making sure people knew what their mental health and travel supports are, and making sure language needs are met.

George Hickes's speech came after MLAs chose last week to defer approval of the Nunavut Health Department's capital estimates for the coming fiscal year.

In the letter to Wanley, Hickes responds to an apparent charge against Smith, made by Wanley, that Smith had failed to mention the Beowulf script when cataloguing Cotton MS.