Thank you. Thank you, Mr. Chair. And I hear the Member. And, you know, I'll echo what I've said is, you know, what we are funded for and our core programs and services and what we provide to the Northwest Territories, the things that are not covered in other territories and provinces that we provide over the years that we have just -- you know, we have decided as a government, and many governments up until now, that this is something that we need to provide to our residents is why we are in the shape where we are. And every new thing that we ask for and we want to do that's not a core service of health and social services that's a funded insured service that we can be billing for or, you know, from Canada becomes out of our pocket and so then it comes out of whatever the government's -- like, whatever we have as a territory left. So, you know, we've been working on a lot of things. Like I said, the NHIB agreement, trying to get that fully federal funding so that way that frees up those dollars. But even though we -- you know, we freed up $24 million this year, it's still -- it goes to our operating costs that we normally would need to spend for our health care program. 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
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
Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
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