Thank you, Madam Chair. Madam Chair, so there were some challenges I understand in terms of the staffing at the Status of Women over the last several months, and the gender equity unit was able to provide some supports during that period of time. It is the board of the Status of Women that does do their own hiring and does manage their own human resources process. So the role that I would have on behalf of the GNWT, as the Minister responsible for Status of Women, is to appoint the board and then they do their own hiring. So I certainly can reach out to them for an update as to where they're at. But they, as I said, to the extent that there were some challenges with staffing, we were able to support them but it is their role. And then with respect to, I think the Member was asking what the funding would be, and obviously the main estimates are before Members right now, and they are not -- well, not certainly at all taking away from the importance of the work that they do, they are an advocacy-based organization and not one providing essential services. And so they may not then necessarily have been subject to the same forced growth process that NGOs that do provide essential government services for which the GNWT would have to step in would then be subject to it. Thank you, Madam Chair.
Caroline Wawzonek on Committee Motion 365-19(2): Main Estimates 2023-2024, Industry, Tourism and Investment, Deferral of Department (page 221), Carried
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Committee Motion 365-19(2): Main Estimates 2023-2024, Industry, Tourism and Investment, Deferral of Department (page 221), Carried
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