Thank you, Madam Chair. And thank you to the Minister for that reply. As I recall there, I said it was really a substantial amount of training dollars. I was quite surprised that it was into the several millions of dollars for their training plan. So I thought to myself when I seen it here -- and if you're having discussions with the federal level, I'm quite fine with that there. I just see an opportunity, and I'm just wondering if the Minister is on it, which I take it she is, to acquire a maximum amount of capital there for our training plans. Mahsi.
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The Chair Sheryl Yakeleya
Thank you. Do you want to respond, Minister? Minister of Education, Culture and Employment. Thank you.
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Caitlin Cleveland Kam Lake
Thank you very much, Madam Chair. And I appreciate the Member's words. Certainly, any dollars for whether it's housing or training or both of them together or education or any part of that that comes to the territory is a win for the whole territory. And so if the federal government is creating deals and partnerships with Indigenous governments across the territory, that is certainly something that I absolutely support. I think that any dollars into the territory is a good news story for all of us. Thank you.
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The Chair Sheryl Yakeleya
Thank you, Minister. No further questions. Please turn to page 54.
Culture, education, and employment, labour development and standards, operations expenditure summary, 2025-2026 Main Estimates, $18,906,000. Does the committee agree?
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Some Hon. Members
Agreed.
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The Chair Sheryl Yakeleya
Moving on to languages and culture on page 58 with information items on page 62. Are there any questions? Member for Great Slave.
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Kate Reid Great Slave
Thank you, Madam Chair. I have a few questions for this section. In business plan, page 28 for the Minister, it speaks to ECE's desire to include heritage resources in emergency planning. So I note that ECE has updated its business continuity plan. But could the Minister explain if this is just for GNWT assets, or is the department working to support other cultural organizations that it provides financial assistance to? Thank you, Madam Chair.
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Caitlin Cleveland Kam Lake
Thank you very much, Madam Chair. Madam Chair, can I pass to the deputy minister to speak in detail on this one. Thank you.
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Jamie Fulford
Thank you, Madam Chair. What this is really aimed at is archaeological resources. So on the land, if you can imagine -- and you've heard the stories of climate change causing the erosion of places that used to be inhabited, particularly along the Beaufort Sea, and making sure that we're planning for those climate change events that are actually destroying the archaeological heritage, potentially, of the NWT if we're not able to plan for and mitigate and record for those events. So that's what we're talking about there. Thank you, Madam Chair.
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Kate Reid Great Slave
Thank you, Madam Chair. So I note in the progress to date on that item that you also mention archival records. And that's kind of what cued me to asking about that because there are archival records outside of the GNWT's ownership within the territory. So I assume that just means archival records that speak to those heritage resources? Thank you, Madam Chair.
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Caitlin Cleveland Kam Lake
Thank you, Madam Chair. Madam Chair, I'd like to pass back to the deputy minister.
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Jamie Fulford
Thank you, Madam Chair. And that is the other piece of it, is the archival records, it does really speak to those archival records that the GNWT has control over. Thank you, Madam Chair.
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Kate Reid Great Slave
Yeah, thank you for that clarity. And thank you, Madam Chair. On page -- sorry, there's two page numbers on this, 36 or 38, I apologize. But it's in our business plan policy initiatives, speaking to Indigenous language service standards. I realize those standards, I believe, have been released recently, which is fantastic news. But I am curious what monitoring and evaluation plan for review of that rollout, what benchmarks the standards are meant to reach. Is there an available documentation of any monitoring or evaluation that might be occurring for these service standards? Thank you, Madam Chair.
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Jamie Fulford
Thank you, Madam Chair. So the rollout of the Indigenous language service standards is slated for April 1st, so they haven't actually been rolled out yet, although we're keenly anticipating that. We're developing those, you know, review, performance standards, and that will be informed, I think, by our experience and beginning to implement them. Thank you, Madam Chair.
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Kate Reid Great Slave
Thank you, Madam Chair. Would the Minister be willing to share those items with the committee when they are available? Thank you, Madam Chair.
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