Thank you, Mr. Chair. Mr. Chair, you know, we are looking at this and we have -- we are doing some work around this. And so the money that has been allocated to this, you know, we -- in order for us to know exactly what services we're going to provide and how we're going to provide them and, you know, we are looking at this program in particular, so right now, how it is is that it's just what was averaged last year. We are -- you know, that's what's going to be budgeted for this year. However, you know, we'll be -- like I said, we'll be looking at ways that we can -- with this funding and how we can support people. Not necessarily everybody does travel. You know, we've been providing more and more funding to Indigenous groups. You know, more Indigenous groups are setting up more facilities within their regions. And so those options, we are looking at utilizing and -- like, with working with -- those other programs that NIHB offers for treatment services so that, you know, there's more options out there, and those ones that are provided to First Nations and Inuit, people choose if they want to go to that, you know, then it doesn't necessarily add to the costs that we are. So we're working to look at all the different options to make sure that, you know, we're being -- trying to see what the actual costs and what the needs are. While I know that this is -- it's a topic that we all have had ongoing conversations about with facility-based treatment, there is -- we're in the process as well as -- in the RFP process, I believe right now, for renewing our contracts in the south. So thank you, Mr. Chair.
Lesa Semmler on Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
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Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
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