Thank you. I agree. And part of the issue is -- just as sort of an education piece for the NGOs, you know, government is very -- almost regimented in the budgeting cycle, and we need to ensure that NGOs are aware of where we are in that cycle. You know, everyone has to be their own advocate, and so we will work with the NGOs but we also want to empower them to advocate when they need to to ensure that they're keeping us honest as well. So thank you.

Okay, thank you. I'll go back to the Member -- oh, okay. Thank you. Next on my list I have is the Member from Great Slave.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. So along the line of integrated service delivery and little bit expanding, I think, on what my colleague was speaking to, I note in the business plan, and from corresponding with the Minister and his team, that we are expecting that ISD will move next into Inuvik and Fort Simpson this year. Hopefully that is still on track. But my question is about functional zero goals which EIA has noted will be established with integrated teams by the -- almost the end of this Assembly, March 2027. So my question is do we have a targeted timeline for which communities we're working with first? Would it be the communities where we have ISD teams first and then moving out from there regionally, or what will be our approach? Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thank you. I'm going to go to the deputy minister.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. I think when it comes to the communities that we've identified as likely communities for regional integrated service sites, and again focusing at least initially on homelessness, those communities are -- Yellowknife is already there because we have an integrated team. Much work to do there. But we have folks involved in that. Inuvik would be our next site. Fort Simpson, Hay River, and we've certainly identified Behchoko as another potential, and we've broached that conversation with the Tlicho government and TCSA as well, so that's yet to be determined. But in each of those instances, there is a sequence of events that needs to occur to prepare to go and launch that initiative in those communities. First and foremost, engaging with Indigenous governments, looking at which staff need training and then delivering training, communications around that launch, and then working on things like reducing privacy barriers within those staffed, co-locating staff. So there's a work plan in development around each of those communities because each of them has unique circumstances associated with them. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thank you. I'm going to go to the Member from Great Slave.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. And thank you for that detailed answer. That's good information. So building on the deputy minister's answer, then -- and I'm very glad to hear that he mentioned that working with Indigenous governments is key and crucial. Is there work in this envelope between EIA and the Council of Leaders of how we are seeking more dollars for these issues that are being addressed under A Way Home? Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thank you. I'll go to the Minister.

Thank you. So it hasn't formally come up at the Council of Leaders. At the upcoming Council of Leaders, I believe that anti-poverty initiatives are on the agenda, and so there's an opportunity to broach that subject and have a discussion there. Thank you.

Thank you. I'll go back to the Member from Great Slave.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. Nothing further.

Okay, thank you. I'm going to continue on now with the Member from Range Lake.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. So the -- we're talking about government and governance and service integration, and I was -- the Nunavut budget just came out, and they have been working on realignment of their departments, and they have a new Department of Community Services and the goal of that department is to establish a one-stop shop for territorial government services called Service Nunavut. Now, we have GSOs, had them for quite some time. They are amazingly helpful to small communities, to regional centres. We don't have a one-stop shop here in Yellowknife. We have some integrated service units that provide support for individual clients who need to -- and system navigators for various departments, but we don't have that kind of, you know, Greenstone Building approach like we do for the federal government here in Yellowknife for the Service Canada office. We see our sister territory moving towards this model. It's something that I'm very supportive of. We know it works because we have this great GSO officers. Is this something that the department is exploring, a one-stop shop Service NWT? Thank you.

Thank you. I'll go to the Minister.

Thank you. And I know the Member is a fluent French Speaker, and so we do have Services TNO in Yellowknife which is sort of what the Member's referring to in some ways, a one-stop shop. But we are making incremental moves towards a -- potentially towards a service model like the Member is talking about. In different jurisdictions across Canada, they do have, you know, service, you know, whatever, whatever province you're in, that's the service department. And so that is an opportunity.

One thing that I didn't want to do here was try and overhaul everything all at once. You know, it's a lot of work, really, to integrate services and so we're taking an incremental approach beginning with this focus on homelessness, on co-locating services, looking at our website and redesigning the website to ensure it's more client-centered, and going down that path with the understanding that at some point that could evolve into something where it is a one-stop shop, and that would integrate some of the work that's being done by, like, infrastructure and finance to consolidate application processes for certain things. So we are heading in that direction, but not in this budget, unfortunately. Thank you.

Okay, thank you. I'll go to the Member from Range Lake.

Thank you. I'll go to the Minister.

Thank you. And just to be clear, there is some structural change. It's not an overhaul but we did bring the GSOs into this division. You know, we created this division. We brought the integrated case management team from justice into this division. So we are slowly and incrementally doing the work that the Member is talking about. And I appreciate that his zeal for this, you know, I -- it features prominently in the mandate because I recognize the importance of integrating services and making things easier for residents. We do actually have an MOU with Service Canada and the GSOs can provide some of those same services as Service Canada, and so that does exist. And, you know, we'd always be happy to look at opportunities to expand that. Thank you.

Thank you. I'll go to the Member from Range Lake.

Thank you. And thank you to the Premier for this. I mean, this is an area we do agree on. I'm glad it's in the mandate. I just want to see it moving as quickly as possible. So I'll probably continue to raise this issue going forward. But I think those -- and I want to just give a shout out to integrated service delivery as well. Like I've -- we've directed many -- I've done a Member's statement on it, we've directed many constituents there, and I'll just take the opportunity to say they do amazing work. It is not an easy job to provide that care, but I know constituents and clients really do value the service they get from this unit, and all those staff people deserve a probably -- they all deserve a Premier's award. Maybe you can do that. Yeah, like, keep up the path forward, and if there's anything we can do to expedite it through, you know, our work on this side of the House, we'd be more than happy to do that. Thank you.

Okay, thank you. I'll go to the Minister.

Thank you. I appreciate those comments.

Thank you. No further comments. I'll continue on to the Member from Yellowknife Centre.