Thank you, deputy minister Cecchetto. Member for Great Slave.

Thank you, Madam Chair. So thank you for that explanation. And as the Minister knows, and I think all Members in this House know at this point, we do have the NWT Shelter Network asking for reinstatement of some funding, a pretty minimal amount of funding, but maybe the Minister could speak to why that funding is no longer in this budget. Thank you.

Thank you. Minister of health.

Thank you, Madam Chair. Madam Chair, this funding reduction was done as the Shelter Networks use this fund -- the amount that's allocated that was reduced was for bringing people, you know, from the -- like, the staff from the shelters into Yellowknife to do training. This past year, my understanding is that the online training has been completed now and so that those staff within all of the regions now could do the training that they -- this training through virtual means. Thank you, Madam Chair.

Thank you, Minister of health. Member for Great Slave.

Thank you, Madam Chair. Well, I'll leave that there for now. I might have a different opinion than the Minister, but we can get into that tomorrow.

So could the Minister explain, then, the breakdown of the family violence prevention fund, where the $1.1 million goes to. Thank you.

Thank you. Minister of health.

Thank you, Madam Chair. Okay, so family violence prevention, $274,000. National action plan to end gender-based violence, $782,000. And crisis hotlines responding to gender-based violence, $125,000. Thank you, Madam Chair.

Thank you. Member for Great Slave.

Thank you, Madam Chair. Can the Minister please explain the $782,000, what does that support. Thank you.

Thank you. Minister of health.

Can I pass that on to the deputy minister, please. Thank you, Madam Chair.

Deputy minister Cecchetto.

Thank you. Member for Great Slave.

Thank you, Madam Chair. I'm just going to change line items for right now on my last five minutes here. I note under -- on page 206, there is also mention of wastewater surveillance. The funding from Public Health Agency of Canada has ceased. Can the Minister please speak to how we are funding wastewater surveillance moving forward. Thank you, Madam Chair.

Thank you. Minister of health.

I'll pass that to the deputy minister. Thank you, Madam Chair.

Deputy minister Cecchetto.

Thank you. Member for Great Slave.

Thank you, Madam Chair. And, yeah, I would appreciate that breakdown. I just want to highlight it because it is something that's very near and a dear to a lot of my constituents, became very important obviously, as the deputy minister mentioned, during COVID but we also have other novel illnesses -- or I guess maybe not novel illnesses but other airborne illnesses that are causing alarm bells in North America right now, so making sure that we have tracking capacity is really paramount to a lot of my constituents. So I'm happy that that's continuing in Yellowknife.

Can the Minister please speak to where else testing is occurring currently and if there are any plans for expansion. Thank you.

Thank you. Minister of health.

Thank you, Madam Chair. I just wanted to add with -- just further information -- and I know that as we're live here, I'm just pulling up more information on the wastewater. There currently is new funding, third-party funding, that will be continuing parts -- I think a part of this program ongoing. Where those communities are, I'll just pass it over to the deputy minister and she can speak to the communities that that's happening in right now currently. Thank you, Madam Chair.