Thank you. Sergeant-at-Arms, please escort the witnesses into the chamber.

Would the Minister please introduce his witnesses.

Thank you. To my left is John MacDonald, deputy minister of EIA and secretary to Cabinet. And to my right is Terence Courtoreille, associate deputy minister of the health care system sustainability unit within the department of EIA. Thank you.

Committee, we will resume where we left off last week. The next key activity is healthcare system sustainability on page 140 with information items on page 142. Are there any questions? Member for Great Slave.

Thank you, Madam Chair. This is mostly me just making sure we don't swing past this key activity as people get ready to ask more substantive questions. But could the Minister please provide an update on where the unit has gotten to thus far. Thank you, Madam Chair.

Minister of Executive and Indigenous Affairs.

Thank you. I'd like to pass that to Mr. Courtoreille witness.

Mr. Courtoreille.

Member from Great Slave.

Yes, thank you, Madam Chair, and thank you for that update from Mr. Courtoreille. Could I also, for the public's knowledge, understand a little bit better the overlap or the touch points between EIA's sustainability unit and the public administrator. Thank you, Madam Chair.

Minister for Executive and Indigenous Affairs.

Thank you, Madam Chair. So that's also part of the work that's been happening. We, of course, have the healthcare sustainability unit, the Department of Health and Social Services, and the NT Health Authority which is right now being run by the public administrator. And so the work has been to ensure that we all know what each other is doing, and we're all working together towards common goals.

So there's a couple different areas we're looking -- or a few different areas. So there's a governance and policy considerations. There is financial sustainability, and there's operational efficiencies. So under each of those broad umbrellas, everyone has a specific role. And so the public administrator is looking at the roles and responsibilities within the health system and the corporate functions of the health authority as well as the overall governing structure that they're working in.

In terms of the fiscal sustainability part of it, the public administrator and the health authority, along with the department of health, are looking at the budget and the deficit and how that can be addressed. And for operational efficiencies, the health authority public administrator and the Department of Finance are looking at a workforce review.

The healthcare system sustainability unit, in terms of the governance and policy side, is looking at investigating how the Hay River Health Authority could become part of the GNWT which was in the mandate. And in terms of operational efficiencies, the healthcare system sustainability unit is looking at the -- looking at defining the core services of health and social services. And then, of course, there's additional roles for the department of health and the health authorities themselves. Thank you.

Member for Great Slave.

Thank you, Madam Chair. I understand that the Minister of health and the public administrator will be presenting some of their initial findings and scoping to committee, and I hope that information can be made public towards the end of this first quarter. Is there any contemplation around the work that HSS and EIA are doing together on these crucial tasks to sort of give a very plain language overview for the public around their vision and expected outcomes on these two sort of pillars of healthcare sustainability on both operations and financial pieces? Thank you, Madam Chair.

Minister of Executive and Indigenous Affairs.

Thank you. I'll hand it to Mr. Courtoreille.

Mr. Courtoreille.

Member for Great Slave.

Thank you, Madam Chair. I'm good for this section.

Thank you. Next, I have Member for Yellowknife North.

Minister of Executive and Indigenous Affairs.