Thank you, Mr. Chair. I want to thank the Minister for the information on the THSSI funding which is about to expire and on the new funding which we are about to get but we don’t know what we’re going to use it for. I was going to ask what the department intended to use if for, but I can appreciate that without the detail. But I am somewhat confused.
Before I go there, if the Minister could provide committee with the information that he listed off about the numbers and so on that THSSI is used for. I don’t know if we have that or not, but it would be helpful if we had that listed, whatever he was reading from.
The Minister stated in his opening comments yesterday, I think I mentioned it in my general comments, as well, that $3.2 million will address a base deficiency in Stanton Territorial’s medical travel budget. I believe I heard the Minister say just now that this is one-time funding. I’d appreciate an explanation of the $3.2 million. He also said $5.2 million has been added to the budget to address the increased costs of children and adult placements outside of the NWT. So, on those two items, could I get an indication of whether or not they are both one-time funding? Thank you.