Thank you, Madam Chair. This is for Canada only, Madam Chair. Thank you.
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Caroline Wawzonek Yellowknife South
Madam Chair, no. This is exclusively for the hospital fees and physician fees. Thank you, Madam Chair.
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The Chair Lesa Semmler
All right. So, Health and Social Services, ambulatory care services, not previously authorized, $18,485,000. Does committee agree?
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Some Hon. Members
Agreed.
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The Chair Lesa Semmler
Health and Social Services, community health programs, not previously authorized, $10,176,000. Member for Kam Lake.
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Caitlin Cleveland Kam Lake
Thank you, Madam Chair. I am just looking at the last line, "to provide funding for incremental costs associated with long-term care services provided by Avens," and I'm wondering if this number of $344,000 is something that we are going to see now in the main estimates, given that we have an aging population, so that we will provide continued care to Avens seniors home. Thank you.
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Caroline Wawzonek Yellowknife South
Thank you, Madam Chair. This is as a result of the collective agreement increases that were concluded in the 2019-2020 year, and it has since been built into 2020-2021. Thank you, Madam Chair.
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The Chair Lesa Semmler
Thank you, Minister. Any other comments on that? Health and Social Services, community health programs, not previously authorized, $10,176,000. Does committee agree?
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Some Hon. Members
Agreed.
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The Chair Lesa Semmler
Health and Social Services, community social programs, not previously authorized, $341,000. Member for Yellowknife North.
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Rylund Johnson Yellowknife North
Thank you, Madam Chair. Can the Minister of Finance confirm how much the total legal costs in Child and Family Services are?
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Caroline Wawzonek Yellowknife South
Just one moment, Madam Chair. The expenditures for Child and Family Services legal services right now for 2019 are projected at $711,000.
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Rylund Johnson Yellowknife North
Thank you, Madam Chair. They're projected at $711,000. We have $340,000 here. We seem to have doubled what we're spending on legal costs in Child and Family Services. Can the Minister provide some explanation of why that occurred?
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Caroline Wawzonek Yellowknife South
Thank you, Madam Chair. The department's explanations for this were largely related to the fact that there have been changes to the Child and Family Services Act in 2016, and there has been some slow growth in the area in terms of its impact on the legal services required. The department is of the view that there have been increases in permanent custody hearings, increases in the number of youth eligible as a result of changes in the act, and an increase in the number of custom adoption services, and it's the department's belief that this may be what's driving some of the increase in those costs, Madam Chair. Thank you.
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Rylund Johnson Yellowknife North
Thank you, Madam Chair. Can the Minister of Finance confirm whether the department feels they are adequately funded going forward, considering that there has been an increase of legal costs, it appears, since 2016, according to them? Is that budgeted in our main estimates?