Thank you. Member for Frame Lake.

Yes, thank you. I'll answer the first question first. So if the Member looks on page 182, there is a fund here called home and community care and mental health and addiction services bilateral funding agreement. And that is the fund that we're using to address a couple of priority areas. One is mental health programming and crisis support. And the other is the family care -- paid family caregiver program and the implementation of this international resident assessment tool, known as interRAI. So that's where the money is coming from from that. That fund expires in -- at the end of March and it is being renegotiated. So that will certainly have an impact on whether it's continued.

The next question -- there was extra money in 2021-2022, which was part of the safe long term care agreement from the federal government that assisted with COVID expenses and which has since lapsed.

Thank you. Minister.

Thanks, Madam Chair. Yeah, look, where the money comes from, I understand it's from the feds, it's for another year. I think we're going to have to look at making this a permanent program. But I wanted to ask about the page 203, home care and support services. You know, back in 2021-2022, it was almost $24 million then it went down. It's going back up a little bit. What's happening with this line item? Thanks, Madam Chair.

Yes. While they're looking for that, Member for Frame Lake, did you have any other questions?

We're looking for that, Madam Chair. I don't think that that's what you're looking at on page 204. This is a federal contribution agreement that provides for this through one of the existing bilaterals. So I feel like it would be near the front with revenue summary maybe.

Thank you. Minister.

Thanks, Madam Chair. So is that -- where do I find this in the money -- or sorry, the money in the budget? I know on the grants and contributions, there's a respite fund. Is that different thafn the paid caregiver program? Thanks, Madam Chair.

Thank you. Member for Frame Lake.

Thank you, Madam Chair. Madam Chair, the program is still going. It was evaluated last year and found to be useful. We have funding for one additional year, and then we're going to be faced with a decision about putting it into the business plan for ongoing funding and whether we can afford to scale it up. Thank you.

Thank you. Minister of Health and Social Services.

Thank you, Madam Chair. A few questions here. I'm just wondering if -- what's happening with the paid family caregiver pilot project, and is it still going; is it going to be expanded? Thank you, Madam Chair.

Committee, we are continuing on with Health and Social Services, long term and continuing care, and I am going to turn it over to the Member for Frame Lake.

Thank you, Minister. Are there any Members that still want to speak to long term and continuing care? Okay. So what I'm going to do is just break right here, and then we can resume in maybe about half an hour, 20 minutes.

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