Thank you, Member. Minister of MACA.

Thank you, Madam Chair. I am going to have Ms. Eleanor Young respond. Thank you.

Deputy Minister Young.

Thank you, Deputy Minister. Member for Great Slave.

Thank you for that, Madam Chair. My next question is: does this organization or this area of the department support SAO development and retention? I have become aware, in my time in the North, of how difficult it is for SAOs to be retained in small remote communities at times, often being at the whim of mayor and council. I'm just curious to know: is this an area where the funding would be to support those types of employees and their roles? Thank you.

Thank you, Member. Minister of MACA.

Thank you, Madam Chair. We do have funding that does support communities in the transition of SAOs. I don't think it's in this section. I will just have Ms. Eleanor Young respond. Thank you.

Deputy Minister Young.

Thank you, Deputy Minister. Member for Great Slave.

Thank you, Madam Chair. Just more of a comment, again, I want to reiterate that I think that that is a key area and very important to be providing those supports to SAOs because I do think that high turnover rate of SAOs seems to be affecting the North. Like the conversation we have had with the teachers, it is way better to retain people we already have with northern knowledge than trying to retrain and bring up people all the time from the South. More of a comment than anything. Thank you.

Thank you, Member for Great Slave. Members, we will stop here and take a recess before we return and finish up this key activity. Thank you.

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I call Committee of the Whole back to order. We will continue on. We are under Municipal and Community Affairs, School of Community Government. Member for Yellowknife North.

Thank you, Madam Chair. When I look at the School of Community Government, I've heard tangentially from a few communities that it's good, but it's $3 million of the budget that I don't really know much about. My question to the Minister is: I know it doesn't necessarily operate as a school, per se, but is there an annual report or some sort of document where I can find out more information about the School of Community Government? I've looked on the website, and it seems that it's kind of sparse in the reporting. Thank you, Madam Chair.

Thank you, Member. Minister of MACA.

Thank you, Madam Chair. I will have Ms. Eleanor Young respond. Thank you.

Thank you. Deputy Minister Young.

Thank you, Deputy Minister. Member for Yellowknife North.

Thank you, Madam Chair. Yes. Perhaps, since there isn't an annual report, a review is perhaps what I'm looking for. When I look at something like this, we did the Aurora College foundational review, and we looked at how many people take the courses. We got a figure out of that of the cost, what it is actually costing to run these courses per person. Do we have any figures of, in a fiscal year, how many people take courses in the School of Community Government? I'm just trying to get a sense of the scope of this. Thank you, Madam Chair.

Thank you, Member. Minister.

Thank you, Madam Chair. There is no report that is distributed, but it is measured by the need of the programs. I am trying to think of an example; I'm going to say sports and recreation. We did offer that program. We did offer the land administration program, and then we did end up looking at I don't want to say re-evaluating. I want to be very careful in the choice of words that I have, but looking at the success of the programs is how I would put it. Thank you, Madam Chair.

Thank you, Minister. Member for Yellowknife North.