Thank you, Mr. Vanthuyne. Mr. Abernethy.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. Mr. Chair, we would be happy to provide a breakdown of what we are doing to encourage people not to smoke and the work we are doing with communities. Much of what we are doing now is trying to empower communities to bring in their own solutions around reducing tobacco use. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thank you, Minister. Mr. Beaulieu.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Chairman, I just wanted to ask the Minister if the home care and support services that deliver by this Department under the regular budget and the home care and community care, the home and community care delivered on behalf of Health Canada is the same program?

Thank you, Mr. Beaulieu. Minister Abernethy.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. Mr. Chair, the Deputy has the details. I will go to the Deputy on that. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thank you. Ms. DeLancey.

Thank you, Ms. DeLancey. Mr. Beaulieu.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. That's all I have for this page. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Beaulieu. Further comments, questions for pages 202 to 204. Seeing none, we will return to the departmental total on page 171. Do I have comments or questions on this page? Last kick at the can, Mr. O'Reilly.

Thanks, Mr. Chair. I had a request to ask a question that would dip back into--it's on page 177, which is administrative and support services. There was on page 177, French language services. There's sort of a dramatic increase from 2014-15, $215,000 to $856,000. I think the Minister explained that that was a result of some negotiations with the Francophone community in the Northwest Territories. Can the Minister tell us what that money is actually used for? Thanks, Mr. Chair.

Thank you, Mr. O'Reilly. Minister.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. Mr. Chair, the Member is right. That increase is as a result of the lawsuit that was filed against us and our requirement to meet the needs and the provision of French language services. For the detail, I will go to the Deputy Minister.

Thank you, Minister. Ms. DeLancey.

Thank you, Ms. DeLancey. Mr. O'Reilly.

Thanks, Mr. Chair, and I appreciate the patience of the department, and me asking a couple of questions here. When it comes to the funding that's made available to health authorities for training, is any of that training done through College nordique? Thanks, Mr. Chair.

Thank you, Mr. O'Reilly. Minister.

Thank you. Thank you, Mr. Chair. Mr. Chair, there's sort of a GNWT coordinated approach on this. I don't have that detail in front of me. I will commit to getting that information for the Member. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thank you, Minister. Mr. O'Reilly.

Thanks, Mr. Chair. I don't have any further questions, but thanks for their patience.

Thank you, Mr. O'Reilly. Are there any further comments or questions, page 171, departmental total. Seeing none, we'll call the page. Health and Social Services, Departmental Total, $414,234,000. Thank you, Members. Does Committee agree we have completed consideration of the Department of Health and Social Services? Thank you, Minister. Thank you to the witnesses for appearing before us. Sergeant-at-arms, please escort the witnesses from the chamber.

We will take a short break before moving on to consider the Department of Industry, Tourism and Investment. Thank you.

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Consider Tabled Document 50-18(2), Main Estimates, 2016-2017. Committee, we will begin consideration of the Department of Industry, Tourism, and Investment. I will now turn to the Minister responsible for department for opening comments. Premier McLeod.