Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, you know, I appreciate that question because the process for the NTHSSA is, you know, they have the authority; we've been questioned on how the money is being spent in there. We have a deficit. So over the years, in order to deal with some of those issues, has been they are running a deficit because they're trying to fit in areas where there's not -- you know, where the staffing vacancies are, where there's only a certain amount of staff per unit, there's -- you know, and so there's a process for that. And right now, what the process is is they run a deficit. You know, we've also heard from the other side of the House is we need to figure out this deficit. So that's what we're doing. We've created the health sustainability unit to figure out where all the money is going that we approve in this budget, in the budgets, like, in the operating budget that goes to the health authority that goes to the department, what are those -- all those positions, are they funded? Are they not funded? Why aren't they funded? Where do we need to find that funding? You know, right now, you know, we've heard that we're projecting a $63,000 deficit for next year's budget, you know, and so we have to figure out all that out. And in order to increase the support for those staff, we need to bring those things forward. They need to come from somewhere. We've heard from from the Minister of Finance that we're reaching our borrowing limit. You know, so we have to start to find that money from within and, you know, and that's the work that we're trying to do with the health sustainability unit. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
Lesa Semmler on Question 417-20(1): NTHSSA Operational Concerns
In the Legislative Assembly on November 1st, 2024. See this statement in context.
Question 417-20(1): NTHSSA Operational Concerns
Oral Questions
November 1st, 2024
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