Thank you. Mr. Abernethy.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. This is funding to provide, funding to address accumulated financial pressures related to Avens previous collective agreement with their employees, so it would be ongoing but it's intended to cover that gap from previous collective agreements. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thank you, Ms. Green.

Thank you. I understand that to be one-time-only funding. Could the Minister please clarify if this is not one-time-only funding to feel a gap, then, what is it? Thank you.

Thank you. Minister McLeod.

Yes, thank you, Mr. Chair. I believe the Minister of Health and Social Services said it was ongoing funding. Thank you.

Thank you. Ms. Green.

Thank you. Sorry, I seemed to have misheard that. Will it be the same amount every year going forward? Thank you.

Thank you. Minister Abernethy.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. It becomes the base to cover their salary costs, and where the deficiency existed, but this only covers previous collective agreement costs. We know that they are going to go out for collective agreement at some point, and we don't know how that's going to end up. This doesn't take into account that. This is just existing cost based on previous collective agreement.

Thank you. Ms. Green.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. Maybe I'll ask a more general question about the cost of implementing the operational review at Avens. What we see here is $402,000. What can we expect going forward as a dollar figure? Thank you.

Thank you. Minister Abernethy.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. We are working very closely with Avens based on the operational review that was done to try and get a sense of what that means for the long term. In the meantime, we are working with them to prepare options for a funding framework that would re-guide our future relationship of long-term care facilities; not just Avens, but any organizations we may work with in the future. We're doing that work with Avens right now based on what we learned from that review. We haven't finalized that work. It's two parties working together, but we are moving forward with that.

Thank you. Ms. Green.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. My other question on this page has to do with the funding that is allocated to improving homecare and community care services, as well as improving access to mental health and addiction services. Could the Minister provide us with the next level of detail about what this money will be spent on? Thank you.

Thank you. Minister Abernethy.

Thank you. Ms. Green.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. I appreciate that answer. What I heard out of that was two positions; one in mental health, and one in the InterRAI system. There must be more to it than that at $1.4 million? Thank you.

Thank you, Ms. Green. Minister Abernethy.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. There are a number of other things that are happening with this funding. We're looking at the development of the paid individual family community caregiver programs and the pilot. That money is being used for InterRAI, as I indicated, not just the position but some of the work that we're doing around InterRAI. There's also funding for mental health and addiction services which is being used to help us develop the territorial suicide prevention and crisis support number. Positions, but as well as this other stuff that needs to be done. Important work for the residents of the Northwest Territories.

Thank you. Ms. Green.

Those are all my questions on this page. Thank you.