Thank you very much, Mr. Speaker. So, Mr. Speaker, with some of the funding that Aurora College has, they intend to continue -- to pay out staff using their staff retention policy. Some of that funding is being shifted to their online version of the adult learning and basic education. And then some of that funding is going to support the development of their Bachelor of Education, their diploma of social work. They're working on their made-in-the North degree. They're working on -- they shared with this House programming for dental therapy up in Inuvik. And so there's a lot of programming that they're working on in order to offer that to students across the Northwest Territories. And so it's not funding that they are simply pocketing for better -- better use of that word but is certainly funding that they intend to reinvest in ensuring that Northerners have access to education. Thank you.

Thank you, Minister of Education, Culture and Employment. Oral questions. Colleagues, we will take a brief break to give our translators an opportunity to take a break.

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Colleagues. Written questions. Member from Range Lake.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I have the following questions for the Minister of health and social services concerning the productivity of operating rooms at Stanton Territorial Hospital:

1. How many scheduled surgeries and day procedures were completed in 2024, broken down per month;
2. What are the total hours worked by all surgical teams for the year 2024;
3. How many surgeries and day procedures were cancelled over the same time period;
4. Will the Minister provide a full cost accounting of all scheduled surgeries and day procedures completed in 2024; and
5. Will the Minister provide a full cost accounting of all scheduled surgeries and day procedures completed in 2024?

Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you, Member from Range Lake. Written questions. Returns to written questions. Replies to the Commissioner's address. Petitions. Reports of committees on the review of bills. Reports of standing and special committees. Tabling of documents. Minister of Education, Culture and Employment.

Thank you. Tabling of documents. Notices of motion for first reading of bills. Minister of Justice.

Mr. Speaker, I give notice that on Wednesday, March 12th, 2025, I will present Bill 23, An Act to Amend the Children's Law Act, to be read for the first time. Thank you.

Thank you, Minister of Justice. Notices of motion for first reading of bills. Minister of Justice.

Mr. Speaker, I give notice that on Wednesday, March 12th, 2025, I will present Bill 24, An Act to Amend the Family Law Act, to be read for the first time. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you, Minister of Justice. Notices of motion for first reading bills. First reading of bills. Second reading of bills. Consideration in Committee of the Whole of bills and other matters. Tabled Document 275-20(1), with the Member from Tu Nedhe-Wiilideh in the chair.

Thank you. I now call Committee of the Whole to order. What is the wish of committee? I'm going to go to the Member from Inuvik Boot Lake.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. Mr. Chair, committee wishes to consider Tabled Document 275-20(1), 2025-2026 Main Estimates, the Department of Industry, Tourism and Investment, Mr. Chair. Thank you.

Thank you. Does the committee agree?

Okay, thank you. Committee, we have agreed to consider Tabled Document 275-20(1), 2025-2026 Main Estimates. We will now consider the Department of Industry, Tourism and Investment. Does the Minister of Industry, Tourism and Investment wish to bring witnesses into the House?

Yes, please.

Thank you. Does the committee agree?

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

Would the Minister please introduce her witnesses.

Thank you very much, Mr. Chair. To my left, I have assistant deputy minister Melissa Cyr. And to my right, I have director of corporate services Nina Salvador.

Thank you. The committee has agreed to forego general comments. Does the committee agree to proceed to the detail contained in the tabled document? Committee?

Thank you. Committee, we will defer the departmental summary and review the estimates by activity summary beginning with corporate management starting on page 234 with information items on page 236. Are there any questions? Member from Frame Lake.