Yeah, thank you, Madam Chair. Yeah, I appreciate that. I think, you know, there's probably some goodwill after you give the airlines millions of dollars to-- and I'm not asking for a new route, I'm asking for the return of the-- sorry, too many noise. The Air North and the Canada North code share route, Yellowknife to Whitehorse. And, you know, I've heard some rumors that if the travel bubble gets going, that they may be willing to do that themselves. So just a commitment that the Minister of Finance will reach out to those airlines about the possibility of that happening. I think it could be a win for us. Thank you, Madam Chair.

Thank you. Minister.

Thank you, Madam Chair. I'm happy to make that commitment. Again, I'm not sure if it will qualify as an essential route unless we can describe our mental health as an essential service to Whitehorse, Madam Chair. But there's certainly no harm in asking what it would entail to bring it back and if there's anything to be done, I'll bring it back to the House to let people know. Thank you.

Thank you. Member for Yellowknife North, anything further? No? Okay.

Supplementary Estimates (Operation Expenditures), No. 1, 2021-2022, Department of Finance, management board secretariat, not previously authorized, $15,882,000. Does committee agree?

Supplementary Estimates (Operation Expenditures), No. 1, 2021-2022, Department of Finance, office of the Comptroller General, not previously authorized, negative $233,000. Does committee agree?

Supplementary Estimates (Operation Expenditures), No. 1, 2021-2022, Department of Finance, total department, not previously authorized, $15,350,000. Does committee agree?

Thank you. Committee, we will now consider the Department of Health and Social Services on page 9. It's a good page.

Supplementary Estimates (Operation Expenditures), No. 1, 2021-2022, Department of Health and Social Services, administrative and support services, not previously authorized, $279,000. Does committee agree?

Supplementary estimates (operations expenditures), No. 1, 2021-2022, Department of Health and Social Services, health and social programs, not previously authorized, $4,548,000. Does committee agree?

Member for Yellowknife North.

Thank you, Madam Chair. There's $100,000 to the Child and Family Services contribution here. I believe the word "contribution" clarifies this, but this is not-- you know, the $40million budget of Child and Family Services, this will be given to the Foster Family Coalition to support foster families through their contribution agreement, is that correct?

Thank you. Minister of Finance.

Yes. Thank you, Madam Chair.

Member for Yellowknife North.

Thank you, Madam Chair. I guess I'm just very excited to see this $750,000 towards the antipoverty fund. I think we all support, you know, helping NGOs through this time and trying to, you know, ultimately end poverty in the Northwest Territories. But I know there's been some concerns in the past about the antipoverty fund doesn't necessarily address the systemic issues of poverty. Can I just get an update on-- I believe there's a review underway or whether there will be any changes to how we disburse the money under the antipoverty fund, seeing this $750,000 added. Thank you, Madam Chair.

Thank you. Minister of Finance.

Madam Chair, if I could direct this to the Minister of Health and Social Services, please.

Minister of Health and Social Services.

Yeah, thank you. We're not talking about systemic level funding here. We're talking about band-aids. They're important but they are temporarily solutions primarily for food-related wants. To end poverty meaning adequate housing, food, and every other kind of indicator would require hundreds of millions of dollars. Thank you.

Thank you, Minister. Member for Yellowknife North.