Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, as the budget stands today, there is $7.954 million in the budget for homecare as part of our core services. This $2.5 million is going to increase that $7.954 million to $10.454 million. Mr. Speaker, there is also $5.358 million that comes from the federal government to provide home and community supports to Indigenous people throughout the Northwest Territories. It's our understanding that the federal government is considering modifying their formula on how those dollars are distributed throughout the Northwest Territories, not decreasing the amount but modifying their formula, which could result in some of our regions receiving less money for homecare than they currently do as the federal money changes.
We want to make sure that we are working with our communities so that we do not go backwards in services, so some of those dollars are intended to help us make sure that some of our regions do not have reduced homecare services as a result of the potential change in the federal formula. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.