Thank you, Mr. Speaker. And thank you to the Premier for that. If I might be so bold, Mr. Speaker, I wonder if the Premier would commit to how we communicate to the public and looking at that very specifically. Because it's very clear to, I think, all Members in this House that, you know, with the after-action review, we are not doing a good job about communicating to the public appropriately and in the way they want to see communications come from government. I wonder if the Premier could speak to that.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. So in 2023, we had a contractor to go out and engage the public and talk about how they feel that we communicate with them. And there were issues obviously. Even with things like the website -- in normal times, most searches for government information starts on the website, and so we got a lot of feedback on that. And so we're going through a process of updating that website, and that means looking at all the content that's on there, tens of thousands of pieces of information, reviewing all of those. Writing them in plain language as opposed to using jargon, writing for residents, not writing about government. And so we've heard that feedback and we're going out and we're making those changes.

Another valuable thing we're doing is going and talking to the communicators in the departments to get their perspective on things. They see what's happening. They see the issues. And so how do we work with them so that they can do their job better. And that means things like eliminating some of the administrative burdens that they're dealing with, making sure that they are engaged at appropriate points in the development of new initiatives. There's always an opportunity to communicate, and we need to make sure that our communicators are able to -- we put them in positions to take advantage of those opportunities. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Final supplementary. Member from Great Slave.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Thank you to the Premier for that. One more suggestion, if I may be so bold, Mr. Speaker. I wonder if the Premier could speak to the fact that we have quite literally dozens of Facebook pages. As everyone in this House is aware, Cabin Radio had acted as an aggregator during a public emergency. Will the Premier commit to, when they're updating the website, consider an aggregation of information of all departments? Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. And so one of the things -- speaking specifically about the website, reorganizing that website is one of the key things that we want to do. Group things by topics and themes that residents care about. So if they want to find something out, they just go to that topic. They don't have to try and figure out what department it's from and then go there. And in terms of the social media, I'm happy to get back to the Member on that one. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Premier. Colleagues, our time for oral questions is up. Mr. Clerk.

Thank you, Mr. Clerk. Oral questions. Written questions. Member from Yellowknife Centre.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I've got a couple written questions. And I should say thank you to the clerk's office for their assistance.

Mr. Speaker, the first written question is: Staff Turnover and Vacancy Rates. My questions are for the Minister of Health and Social Services:

1. What have been the annual turnover rates and vacancy rates for physician specialists, including orthopedic surgeons, in the Northwest Territories since January 2023?
2. Please break down the total vacancies by:
3. Resignations;
4. Retirements; and
5. Unknown reason departures.
6. Indicate the average time to recruit replacements; and.
7. Indicate the number of positions budgeted against those actually filled annually.

Mr. Speaker, I have another written question. It's called Surgical Wait Times and Backlogs.

Can the Minister of Health and Social Services provide the following details with respect to the current waitlist for surgeries and procedures, between January 1, 2022, to May 30, 2025? Please provide details based on the following years:

• 1. The number of patients currently on the waitlist;
  2. The average wait times;
  3. The median wait times;
  4. The number of surgeries cancelled or delayed in the past 24 months and the reasons;
  5. The breakdown of patients by community and age group.

Can the Minister of Health and Social Services provide the following detail with respect to the current waitlist for surgeries and procedures, between January 2, 2022 -- oh, my apologies. I think I may be reading -- my apologies, I already read that one.

Mr. Speaker, strike that last piece. The last question I have, Access to Rehabilitation Supports, that's my last written question.

• 1. Can the Minister of Health and Social Services detail what rehabilitation services were available to patients in recovery; and furthermore, what has been the patient experience from January 1, 2022, to May 30th, 2025.
  2. List each of the rehabilitation therapy supports by positions, which health care centre, include the staffing levels of each.
  3. What is the average vacancy rate of each position in providing rehabilitation services.
  4. The average wait times between referrals and actual direct support through these services (i.e. a doctor refers on January 1 but the patient doesn't receive an appointment until September 23, equating to 265 days). That's what that means.
  5. How many positions, by positions, provide services outside of where their position is located, list the positions:

a. If they are in territory, how many days are they away on average?

b. If out of territory, how many days, how many days gone; where do they go to and what is the average cost; and lastly

c. If out of territory,

i. What is the average cost recovery; and,

ii. What is the financial loss or gain for providing these services provided on average.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you, Member from Yellowknife Centre. Written questions. Member from Range Lake.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I seek unanimous consent to return to item 6 on the order paper, recognition of visitors in the gallery. Thank you.

Thank you, Member from Range Lake. Member from Range Lake is seeking unanimous consent to go to item 6 on orders of the day. Any nays? Seeing no nays. Member from Range Lake.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I'd just to recognize some firefighters in the audience, Justin -- I'm going to say this wrong -- Justin Zawyrucha, Zach Landry, Foster Bartel, Mike Bessette, Catlin Moffatt, Taylor Clarke, Tyler Gould, and my very favorite firefighter of all time, my dad Terry Testart. And I'd also like to recognize my mom, Maureen Marshall. I'm not sure if I've recognized her before in the chamber, but it's always good to see you guys and thank you for coming here as well. And if I missed any other firefighters in the audience, thank you very much for your service. Thank you.

Thank you, Member from Range Lake. Recognition of visitors in the gallery. Member from Monfwi.

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Thank you, Member from Monfwi. Recognition of visitors in the gallery. Member from Hay River South.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I, too, would also like to acknowledge the visitors in the gallery from the Yellowknife fire department, first responders, RCMP, and also Mr. Testart up there who is also a MACA employee at times. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you, Member from Hay River South. Recognition of visitors in the gallery. Member from Tu Nedhe-Wiilideh.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I, too, would like to recognize Mr. and Mrs. Testart. Thank you for being here. And I also would like to thank all the firefighters that are here in the gallery. Thank you for your services. Mahsi.

Thank you, Member from Tu Nedhe-Wiilideh. Recognition of visitors in the gallery. Member from Nunakput.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I'd like to recognize Mr. Terry Testart and his wife Maureen Marshall, former residents of the Nunakput riding and a mentor of mine with the hamlet of Tuktoyaktuk. Also recognizing all the fire department members, all the emergency responders, thank you for your service.