Yes, that is correct. After-care takes place in the NWT, and this is an out-of-territory segment.
Debates of Feb. 26th, 2021
This is page numbers 2163 - 2198 of the Hansard for the 19th Assembly, 2nd Session. The original version can be accessed on the Legislative Assembly's website or by contacting the Legislative Assembly Library. The word of the day was services.
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Kevin O'Reilly Frame Lake
Thanks. I think it was yesterday the Minister mentioned that the current mental wellness and addictions recovery action plan is expiring in a month or so and that the new one has to be developed. The money for that program is not found here. Is it found somewhere else in the budget? Thanks, Mr. Chair.
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Julie Green Yellowknife Centre
Thank you. I'm not going to get to the right page in time, but I am going to say that it is within health and social programs, and I see the deputy minister is nodding.
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Kevin O'Reilly Frame Lake
Thanks, Mr. Chair. With that action plan, would we expect to see some changes moving forward with things like addictions treatment facilities, grants, contributions, transfers, that kind of thing, in future budgets with the new action plan? Thanks, Mr. Chair.
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Julie Green Yellowknife Centre
Thank you, Mr. Chair. I am not sure that there is a new action plan coming. I think that the department is taking a different approach, as they are with cultural safety, of embedding the work right into the department rather than segregating it into an action plan, but the deputy minister would have more information on this point. Thank you.
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Thank you, Mr. Chair. We, of course, have the mandate from this Assembly and have taken great effort to develop an action plan in relation to that mandate, which includes a cluster of indicators that we need to meet. The mandate has been converted to internal action planning and metrics is being driven into the work plans of staff. It is also embedded within our business plan, and it is something that we will certainly be reporting on every year as needed by Members in terms of our accountability for meeting the objectives we have laid out. Thank you.
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Kevin O'Reilly Frame Lake
Thanks. I think I understood parts of that. The survey work that is being done now, how is that going to feed into what this is going to look like in the future, this part of the budget? Thanks, Mr. Chair.
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Kevin O'Reilly Frame Lake
Thanks, Mr. Chair. Yes, the survey that the Minister talked about, I think, even earlier today that's online and you can pick up at the health centres, that kind of stuff. Thanks.
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Julie Green Yellowknife Centre
Thank you, Mr. Chair. The survey is going to fulfill a couple of different purposes. One is that it is going to feed information into the alcohol strategy which is being developed, which is the greatest driver of hospitalizations because of alcohol use. There is that part of it. The other part of it has to do with evaluating how well our current treatment regime is working. I am anticipating that the department will take into account what is collected in the alcohol survey and apply it to planning going forward. That's really the point of having the survey. I don't know if I've captured everything that needs to be said, so I will ask the deputy minister through you if he would like to add anything else. Thank you.
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Thank you. Just to say that the survey work is going to inform the work that we are doing on the alcohol strategy within the department, but also the whole-of-government approach that we are taking on that issue. Thank you.
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The Chair Rocky Simpson
Thank you. Committee, our time is almost up. What is the wish of the committee?
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The Chair Rocky Simpson
The motion is in order. To the motion. [Microphone turned off] I think we had a 2:00 hard stop. Mr. O'Reilly.
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Kevin O'Reilly Frame Lake
Mr. Chair, I would be happy to withdraw the motion, if I can do that procedurally, and we could have one of my colleagues at least ask one more set of questions with the time available. Thanks, Mr. Chair.