Thank you, Mr. Chair. Mr. Chair, what we -- I guess where to start is that the department, you know, working with -- as I mentioned, with housing and Infrastructure, did kind of a callout to and got some interest from different NGOs, and so we were able to come to an agreement with two within the funding agreements -- like, within the funding and the resources that we do currently have to be able to move forward on two. However, I hear the Member. I know this is a -- you know, we don't know how it's going to work but we know it's better than what we have. You know, there's nothing, right, for aftercare. So I think this is a great initiative, and I look forward to this initiative being able to support people in those two communities. And, you know, I've always -- you know, I will -- any Indigenous government, any NGO that, you know, I think would benefit from these in most of our communities but as right now, we're -- you know, our resources are tied into these two programs. That's what we have enough for. If there are Indigenous governments that want to work together and, you know, and they have idea of things like this, this is where I think we want to do things differently. We want to work with Indigenous governments. You know, if they can access funds -- like, there's new -- like within the 2024-2025 federal budget, there are different pots of funding that are specific for Indigenous governments under mental wellness, and I think that we will find out what those details are. We have stressed from the Northwest Territories to the federal Minister of health on what the needs are of the North. And so we're hoping that will help form their decisions and policy to be able to support us in the Northwest Territories for more programs like this. Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Lesa Semmler on Committee Motion 8-20(1): Tabled Document 93-20(1): Main Estimates 2024-2025, Deferral of Administrative and Support Services - Health and Social Services, Carried
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Committee Motion 8-20(1): Tabled Document 93-20(1): Main Estimates 2024-2025, Deferral of Administrative and Support Services - Health and Social Services, Carried
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