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The Chair

The Chair Lesa Semmler

Thank you, Member. Minister.

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Diane Archie

Diane Archie Inuvik Boot Lake

Thank you, Madam Chair. Yes, this is something we can look at getting. I am sorry I don't have it in front of me right now, but we can get back and provide a breakdown. Thank you.

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The Chair

The Chair Lesa Semmler

Thank you, Minister. Member.

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Frieda Martselos

Frieda Martselos Thebacha

I don't have any further questions, Madam Chair.

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The Chair

The Chair Lesa Semmler

Thank you. Are there any further questions for this section? Member for Monfwi.

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Jackson Lafferty

Jackson Lafferty Monfwi

Masi, Madam Chair. The interpretation services that I spoke about earlier with the statement and questions, I'm just curious: how many staff do we have on board with the new Stanton Hospital, and which category does it fall under? Is it Indigenous health and community wellness or hospital services, is my first question? Masi.

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The Chair

The Chair Lesa Semmler

Thank you, Member. Minister.

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Diane Archie

Diane Archie Inuvik Boot Lake

Thank you, Madam Chair. Does Mr. Cooper have the breakdown of numbers handy? Thank you.

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The Chair

The Chair Lesa Semmler

Thank you, Minister. Mr. Cooper.

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Cooper

Thank you, Madam Chair. I don't actually have the precise number here in front of me, but the interpretation services is funded through the regional health authority budget.

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The Chair

The Chair Lesa Semmler

Thank you, Mr. Cooper. Member for Monfwi.

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Jackson Lafferty

Jackson Lafferty Monfwi

Masi, Madam Chair. What would be the regional funding allocation? Are we not on that page? I'll ask another question, Madam Chair. As you can see, I'm trying to get to messaging, importance of languages. The Northwest Territories has 11 official languages. Here in the House, we have two interpreters per individual who speaks the language. With the Stanton Hospital, do we have just one interpreter for patients who speaks the language? Let's say, for example, Tlicho. Do we have one interpreter or two or three? I'm just curious because we have so many patients from across walks of life in the Northwest Territories, all communities, 33 communities plus Nunavut. I'm just wondering if we have the capacity to provide those services to our patients. My question is: for one specific official language, let's say Tlicho, do we have one or more individuals working at Stanton in a given time, like one day, Madam Chair?

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The Chair

The Chair Lesa Semmler

Thank you, Member. Minister.

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Diane Archie

Diane Archie Inuvik Boot Lake

Thank you, Madam Chair. Earlier today, we talked about in the House how many different interpreters we have at the Stanton Hospital, and we have interpreters for seven of the different languages that we offer here in the Stanton Hospital. As for the amount of how many staff we have at any given time, we'd have to get back to the Member. Thank you.

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The Chair

The Chair Julie Green

Thank you, Minister. Further questions?

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Jackson Lafferty

Jackson Lafferty Monfwi

Masi, Madam Chair. If the department doesn't have that information, I would really appreciate, at any given time, do we have one interpreter or two interpreters for one language at the Stanton Hospital? It will be information if they can provide that, if they don't have it now, at a later time.

Madam Chair, on page 173, if I can ask one more question, that's On-the-Land Healing Fund, $1.825 million. My question to the Minister and to the department: is that funding adequate? Because we're servicing 33 communities, and $1.8 million can only spread so much throughout the Northwest Territories. As you noticed here in the communities, there is far too much violence, elder abuse, and substance abuse in our communities, ongoing, steady, and yet the funding is so low. Why is that? Masi, Madam Chair.

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The Chair

The Chair Julie Green

Thank you, Member for Monfwi. Minister.

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Diane Archie

Diane Archie Inuvik Boot Lake

Thank you, Madam Chair. The funding, we also received some federal funding as part of the wellness population funding. That is in the tune of over $11 million that we dispersed out to the Indigenous groups for on-the-land programming. Thank you.

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The Chair

The Chair Julie Green

Thank you, Minister. Further questions from Member for Monfwi?

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Jackson Lafferty

Jackson Lafferty Monfwi

Madam Chair, I am assuming that it's been identified as part of the regional contribution that the deputy minister has alluded to earlier. If I can get the breakdown as well on the funding level because I've been questioned from my constituents on the on-the-land healing program. Especially, we've had so many passings in my region over the last several weeks, there is a huge demand for whether it would be a treatment program, treatment centre, or a healing fund in my region, not only in my region but in other regions, as well. If I could get the breakdown because I'm very interested in what kind of funding is allocated, if it's adequate enough to support our constituencies. I'd appreciate more detailed information to come, Madam Chair. Masi.

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The Chair

The Chair Julie Green

Thank you, Member for Monfwi. Minister, can you make the commitment to provide that information?

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Diane Archie

Diane Archie Inuvik Boot Lake

Yes,

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The Chair

The Chair Julie Green

Any further questions, Member for Monfwi? Member for Twin Lakes.

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Lesa Semmler

Lesa Semmler Inuvik Twin Lakes

Thank you, Madam Chair. My questions relate to the increase. When you look at the overall budget from last year to this year, there is a $16-million increase. Can the Minister explain how it jumped up $16 million for the overall?

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The Chair

The Chair Julie Green

Thank you, Member for Twin Lakes. Minister.