Thank you. Prior to the COVID pandemic -- onset of the COVID pandemic, there was an interdepartmental committee made up of Justice, Infrastructure, Workers' Safety, Health, and MACA to look at how we can better build capacity around the ground ambulance and have emergency services function.
As part of that, the GNWT did commission a study. This was I believe in 2018-2019 to look at the operating environment and look at an acceptable delivery model; what would that look like. That study did look at communities, those providing emergent services, so the five communities that are currently involved in the function. And, you know, the priorities included looking at options for governance and, you know, what's a suitable funding level between the GNWT and community governments recognizing that the communities that are currently delivering this service do have the ability to raise own source funds.
A high-level action plan was presented to communities. This was in late 2009 based on that report. And unfortunately, that work was -- has been put aside as MACA and public safety division was dealing with the COVID response. However, we are reengaging on that work but we don't expect to have anything for probably -- you know, probably not for another four to six months until we can -- all the departments involved in it can reengage on that. Thank you.