Thank you, Mr. Chair. I'm good for now. Thanks.

Thank you. Next on the list I have is the Member from Inuvik Boot Lake.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. Mr. Chair, my question is -- so if I understand correctly, the Fort Smith correctional facility equates to about 40 percent of what the department has. Is that -- or there was a 40 percent occupancy in the corrections facility itself?

Thank you. I'm going to go to the Minister.

Thank you. So the Fort Smith facility has been -- for the last little while, there's been no offenders there. Previously, it was around half full, give or take. Our entire capacity across the system, we're about 44 percent capacity across the system. Thank you.

Thank you. I'll go back to the Member from Inuvik Boot Lake.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. So, Mr. Chair, I note in here that there's been no recommendation of any cuts at the senior bureaucratic level for this department, just at the corrections facility in Fort Smith. And given that it is low and if things are as, my colleague from the Sahtu said, improving, are there any considerations for potentially then having some of those positions that are currently in Yellowknife cut as well?

Thank you. I'm going to go to the Minister.

Thank you. There is a senior management position in Yellowknife that is being cut. So it should make the -- might make the Member happy but it's an assistant director position at headquarters. Thank you.

Thank you. I'm going to go to the Member from Inuvik Boot Lake.

Thank you. Yes, it just makes sense to me if we're losing that portion of a department, then likely there's less work the department needs to do.

My other question, Mr. Chair, is that is there any consideration given the -- I mean, the opportunity to work in this, certainly in this field, or to work in general in Fort Smith, likely not as robust as in the capital city, was there any consideration given to potentially closing a couple of wings in the Yellowknife facility and keeping the Fort Smith open and given there may be easier then for either a transfer of jobs for the people affected here or opportunities for other employment? Thank you.

Thank you. I'm going to go to the Minister.

Thank you. All options were looked at. Thank you.

Thank you. I'm going to go back to the Member from Inuvik Boot Lake.

So can the Minister confirm that that option was looked at, sorry.

Thank you. I'm going to go to the Minister.

Yes. Thank you.

Member Inuvik Boot Lake.

Thank you. Nothing further, Mr. Chair.

Thank you. I'm going to continue on now to the YK -- the Member from YK Centre.

Unless I missed it, maybe the Minister could put it officially on the record, when is the anticipation date to provide the layoffs in the context of effectiveness? Assuming the budget goes through, I mean you can't give layoff notices until the budget passes but what's the intent here? And it's funny to say it this way but is that being communicated with the staff? I mean, if they're listening, it's probably being communicated. So it's not meant to be a tricky question, Mr. Chairman. It's just a quite honest question, which is when would it be effective, or the intent is to be effective? Thank you.

Thank you. I'm going to go to the Minister.

Thank you. So my understanding that, according to the staff retention policy, it would be three months after the budget was passed that the notice would be given. And the staff have been informed. So they're not learning about this on the floor of the House. Thank you.

Thank you. I'm going to go to the Member from Yellowknife Centre.