Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Maybe for the record, is the Minister aware that we provide those types of services to Nunavut and if so, can she give some examples of what she's aware of? Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I know we do provide -- we since -- like, especially here in Yellowknife, we do have the boarding home that does service a portion of Nunavut but as to what services we provide, I don't have that detail here in the House. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, if the Minister is aware that we do provide services, is she aware of how we backfill the non-served patients in the Northwest Territories while our experts are being sent elsewhere? Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, we would not provide services to someone and send our own residents somewhere else. So what services that we would provide to anyone living in the Northwest Territories would be services that we would provide to anyone living in the Northwest Territories. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Minister of Health and Social Services. Final supplementary. Member from Yellowknife Centre.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, where I'm driving part of this is about the cost, and if we send our audiologists, by way of an example, to Nunavut, we have people not being served here in the Northwest Territories so that leads to my question, Mr. Speaker; is there any cost benefit analysis taken into consideration when we serve Nunavut and we send our experts there but we create a backlog of services where Northerners aren't being serviced, whether they're in Inuvik, whether they're in Simpson, or Tsiigehtchic, Mr. Speaker. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I'd like to thank the Member for a lot of these questions because I don't go that far down into operations when -- you know, with all of this. But I do know that, you know, if -- I don't believe we're sending any audiologists to Nunavut but I can confirm with the department and get back to the Member on that. Thank you.

Minister of Health and Social Services. Oral questions. Member from Monfwi.

Thank you. Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I just asked Minister a question about community funding gap, and he did say that $120 million for 33 communities. $120 million, we all know it's not enough to close the gap or anything for our community operations. So I just want to ask the Minister can the Minister explain how MACA calculates the funding -- or calculate the funding allocations to each communities because we know if it's based on per capita, small communities are at disadvantage.

Member from Monfwi. Minister of Municipal and Community Affairs.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. That is a lot of detail that the department holds, and I'm willing to get that information for the Member. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. How does the Minister know whether MACA funding for communities are adequate to provide essential and basic services?

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. A very good question. At the end of the day, the formula funding that they use is used to send the funds to all the communities based on their level of service, and would have to get back to the Member on the assessments for the needs of the communities and whether or not the funding is adequate or not. Thank you.

Thank you. If funding was allocated based on needs, it's going to be more advantage for the small communities; we know that. So does the Minister know how much additional funding is needed to address the funding gap in NWT communities?

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. At this time I do not have that answer, and I'll have to get back to the Member. Thank you.

Thank you, Minister of Municipal and Community Affairs.

Folks, our time for oral questions is up. Oral questions. Written questions. Colleagues, thank you. Return to written questions. Replies to the Commissioner's address. Petitions. Reports on committees on the review of bills. Reports of standing and special committees. Tabling of documents. Minister of Justice.

Mr. Speaker, I wish to table the following two documents: Plain Language Summary for Bill 2: Missing Persons Act; and, a Statement of Consistency for Bill 2: Missing Persons Act. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you, Minister of Justice. Tabling of documents. Minister of Status of Women.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I wish to table the following document: Status of Women Council of the Northwest Territories 2022-2023 Annual Report. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you, Minister of Status of Women. Minister responsible for Workers' Compensation.

Thank you, Minister of safety and compensation. Tabling of documents. Member from Range Lake.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I wish to table a document entitled Common Priorities Presented to the 20th Legislative Assembly by Non-Government Organizations (NGOs) Collective Voices. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you, Member from Range Lake. Notices of motion. Member for the Deh Cho.