Agreed. We shall move on to Health and Social Services, ambulatory care services, operations expenditure, on pages 174 to 177. Committee wants to refer to the page they are directed to. Any questions on this activity? Ms. Green, go ahead, please.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. Mr. Chair, I see the payment to out-of-territories hospitals has increased by $9,000,000, or will increase by $9,000,000 in the next fiscal year. Can the Minister confirm that this is a proactive step on the part of the department to line up actual spending with the budget? Thank you.

Thank you, Ms. Green. Minister Abernethy.

Yes, Mr. Chair.

Thank you, Minister Abernethy. Ms. Green.

Nothing further. Thank you.

Thank you, Ms. Green. Any further questions? Mr. Thompson.

Mr. Chair, I guess the first question is: is this where the chemo section is we should be talking about? We should be talking about the chemo. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thank you, Mr. Thompson. Minister Abernethy.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. No, this isn't the correct area. The correct area, I think it falls kind of in two different areas, and that's community health and nursing services, I think is the appropriate title. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thank you, Mr. Thompson.

Thank you. Is this the area for mental health where we are talking about those new positions, because on page 177, it talks about -- oh, never mind. It answers my question. I have no questions in this area, Mr. Chair.

Thank you, Mr. Thompson. Page 177 is the next activity. Nothing further? Anything further from committee? I see nothing from committee. I will call ambulatory care services, operations expenditure summary, $75,161,000. Does committee agree?

Thank you, committee. Moving on, community health programs, on pages 177 through to page 181. Comments or questions? Ms. Green.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. Mr. Chair, during the business plan review, we talked quite a bit about the need to have an adult day program in Yellowknife, and I see that there is now a request for proposals out. Can the Minister please tell us what kind of a day program he is asking potential bidders to bid on? That is to say, does it include people with both cognitive disabilities as well as frailty? How many people will be served? How long a contract is this, and so on? Thank you.

Thank you, Ms. Green. Minister.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. Mr. Chair, the RFP is just recently out; I shared it with the Member. We're trying to provide a day program for those, basically, in most need in the Yellowknife area. It's certainly not a broad-ranging program or a program for all residents of the Yellowknife area. It will be for certain individuals and, honestly, I can't remember what we put out as a term on that. So I will have to get back with that information. I'm blanking completely. So I apologize.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. Mr. Chair, I recognize that the Minister said that they were going to provide for those with the greatest needs. Could he tell us what that means? How are they defining the greatest needs? Thank you.

Thank you, Ms. Green. Minister.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. Mr. Chair, there was a bit of a summary and a report done on a review of the day program that was offered at Avens, which is no longer available. We're trying to build upon that report to meet the needs of different individuals here in Yellowknife. We don't see it necessarily the same as some of the day programs in some of the other communities, which are mostly drop-in and anybody can come. We are trying to provide a support to residents of Yellowknife who have family members who are high-needs, or their family is working and they need to make sure that they're not alone for a certain amount of time, and it may change on a day-to-day basis. We have to be flexible on anything we do on this particular one. Frankly, I want to be a little cautious about saying what it's going to look like, because we haven't received any RFPs at this point. So I know it sounds vague and I apologize, but I want to be cautious about overstating it until we actual see some of the RFPs. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thank you, Ms. Green.