Thank you, Mr. Chair. Mr. Chair, this is -- you know, I hear the Member. And, you know, we've started our bilateral agreements as a Cabinet meeting with -- you know, we'll be meeting with all of the different Indigenous governments. And this is one of the topics that I'm sure will be on the agenda when meeting with the Indigenous groups in the region and how do we work together. I know that the -- you know, that they have very good leverage on federal funds up to date to be able to do the things that they've done with their centre. How they run programming and how we move forward, you know, I think that's -- we will continue to work close with all Indigenous partners that are running programs. As I said many, many times, and you'll see in the business plan, that we want to be able to have as many wellness and culturally relevant programs to people in the regions. And so this is where I -- you know, I want to make sure my focus is, is how do we work together in collaboration, how do we work together to access as much funds federally together for the operations of not just the program but, you know, Inuvialuit has their program going. I know that the Tlicho has programs that they want to do. Every single government I've heard from, I've spoken to, we all heard from all of the Indigenous governments when we were elected, that they need money and they want to work together on programs for their people in their communities, and that's what I want to do with them. Thank you.
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
In the Legislative Assembly on May 30th, 2024. See this statement in context.
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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