Mr. Speaker, at a larger level, the Premier has been talking with individuals like Minister Bennett and the Prime Minister about funding for Aboriginal people in many different ways. Wellness happens to be one of the ways. The Wellness Fund is specific for Aboriginal people. There have been other communities who have tried to work and have been successful in working with the Aboriginal organizations and governments that happen to be in their communities to be partners on the delivery of the wellness funding initiatives.
In Yellowknife, the money was allocated to the Yellowknife Dene in hopes that they would work with the Aboriginal people throughout Yellowknife. Their wellness plan actually includes activities that are supposed to happen in Yellowknife and I believe, in many cases, do to benefit all the people in Yellowknife. Whether you're Inuit or Inuvialuit or Dehcho or Tlicho, those dollars are used for services here for people who happen to live in Yellowknife outside of their other regions.
I have had conversations with the Federal Minister expressing our desire to work with the Aboriginal communities and find ways to make sure that as many people as possible are benefitting from these funds. But at the end of the day, these dollars are very specific funds for Aboriginal people in the Northwest Territories. Right now the City of Yellowknife isn't an Aboriginal government or organization. The residents of Yellowknife can get benefits and are receiving benefits for the services that the Yellowknife Dene are providing. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.