Thank you very much, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, if I am understanding the Member's question correctly, what I heard him ask is will I introduce College Nordique to other departments in the event that they require French language services? I want to clarify that that was the question. Thank you.

Thank you, Minister For Education, Culture and Employment. I will turn to Range Lake to clarify.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. And apologies to the Minister for not being clear. Yes, that's more or less it. There's a very valuable service here. They're looking to grow and continue to support the government in French language education and lifelong learning in the Northwest Territories. Thank you.

Thank you very much, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I'd be more than happy to, I guess, bring College Nordique into a meeting with our French language secretariat, although I do know that the director of our French language secretariat is well acquainted with the executive director of College Nordique as well. So always happy, though, to be in a meeting with both of them. They're both fabulous people. So that would be a good day. Thank you.

Thank you, Minister For Education, Culture and Employment. Final supplementary. Member from Range Lake.

Thank you. And, finally, and here's the literal million-dollar question. They've lost about -- the institution has lost about $2 million from the federal government. It's unsure where that's going to go. Investing in stable Francophone institutions is part of the NWT's commitment to official languages in the Northwest Territories, and in Canada indeed. So will the Minister increase funding to College Nordique to strengthen the institution, provide more training capacity for Northerners, and bring more Francophones into the Northwest Territories through schooling, post-secondary, and immigration. Thank you.

Thank you very much, Mr. Speaker. So, Mr. Speaker, I spoke already about the $200,000 in core funding in addition to -- that exists within the budget that, of course, we approve in this House every year.

In addition to that, in September, there was a three-year agreement with the federal government that the GNWT signed onto that has in it $2.9 million for College Nordique. And in the supplemental appropriation that is before this House, there is just under $1 million for College Nordique in that budget as well. Thank you.

Thank you, Minister of Education, Culture and Employment. Oral questions. Member from the Sahtu.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Now for some good news. Mr. Speaker, as I mentioned in previous statements throughout the number of months here, we can now throw out the dontshu* in the current school of Colville Lake. My question to the Minister of Education, Culture and Employment, can the Minister explain when ownership will be transferred to the Department of the newly delivered Colville Lake school? Thank you.

Thank you, Member from Sahtu. Minister of Education, Culture and Employment.

Thank you very much, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, when I first got this job, the Member asked me to help him make sure that we could get rid of the dontshu* in the school in Colville Lake. Then in January of this year, myself, the infrastructure Minister, and the Premier traveled to Colville Lake to see the dontshu* ourselves and walk through it. And I am happy to say that there is now -- the modular units arrived in Colville Lake. So the units need to be placed on site. They need to go through the proper and necessary connections. That work will be done by an installation contractor through the Department of Infrastructure, and this work is to be completed by the end of August of 2026. That is the timeline that they are working on.

Once that work is completed and any deficiencies noted and dealt with, the modulars will then be put into service and at that time then transferred to education, culture and employment and become an ECE asset. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. And thanks to the Minister for that information on transfer.

My next question is, can the Minister explain when this new complex will see furniture and equipment mobilized to the community? Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. So, Mr. Speaker, the intention is to see furniture delivered over the course of the summer so that it can be installed in time for the 2026-2027 school year. Thank you.

Thank you, Minister of Education, Culture and Employment. Final supplementary. Member from the Sahtu.

Thanks to the Minister for that reply. Since the delivery this morning here, I've got numerous positive feedback, including videos of the children welcoming the modulars into the community.

My last question here to the Minister, can the Minister provide some dates for the official opening. Mahsi.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, that would have been a pretty amazing thing to see in the community this morning, kids getting to see their new school space, new classroom space for the first time. I am very excited for the day when they get to walk through the doors of their new classroom and get to see their new desks.

So the intention is for the modulars to be ready for the start of the 2026-2027 school year. But I also think it's important, Mr. Speaker, to acknowledge that these facilities really act as a bridge for the new school for Coville Lake. We had the opportunity, along with the Member, to travel to Coville Lake for the purpose of not only meeting with leadership but ensuring that we had space and time to go over a work plan for the Coville Lake new school. And so really, that's the work that now needs to unfold, and I really look forward to continuing to work on that work plan with the Member and leadership in his community. Thank you.

Thank you, Minister of Education, Culture and Employment. Oral questions. Member from the Dehcho.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. My questions are for the Minister of Health and Social Services.

Follow-up to my Member's statement, can the Minister provide an update on the current status of the NWT alcohol strategy, including which actions have begun, which are underway, and whether any delays have emerged since the strategy was released in 2023. Thank you.

Thank you, Member from the Dehcho. Minister of Health and Social Services, I think you got an hour of questions there, but we'll -- you've got a --

Mr. Speaker, work on the actions identified in the strategy is underway and is being overseen by the interdepartmental committee on problematic substance use, and a monitoring and evaluation plan has been developed, and progress is being tracked. So the interdepartmental committee is basically a whole of government so there's many moving pieces within all of our areas.

Key accomplishments under the strategy include secure bilateral funding through shared health priority agreement, that's the federal agreement, and established a territorial substance use medicine team, including implementation of medical detox services in the territory, policy development and training within health and social services system for all health professionals on facility-based addictions treatment, development of an interdepartmental communication plan to collaborate on alcohol-related messaging, and Inclusion NWT was supported to fund Yellowknife bars and restaurants to offer free mocktails during Dry February. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you. Given that residents and stakeholders have not seen any public progress report since the strategy was launched, will the Minister commit to releasing a public update on implementation, including key milestones, challenges, and early outcomes, and does the department recognize alcoholism as a disability? Thank you.

Thank you, Minister of Health and Social Services. Final supplementary. Member from the Dehcho.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. With just two years remaining before March 31st, 2028 completion target, what concrete steps is the department taking to ensure that the remaining work is achievable, adequately resourced, and aligned with what communities say they need most to address alcohol misuse? Mahsi, Mr. Speaker.