Question 57-20(1): Healthcare Staffing Impacts  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, there has been communication with the people that have been in these positions. They have been communicated since the beginning of the positions. Anybody -- there were some positions that were transfer assignment. They're going back to their h

Question 57-20(1): Healthcare Staffing Impacts  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I want to be clear. There seems to be confusion around this, and there -- so within this announcement, I guess what happened was that there is COVID funding that is ending at the end of this fiscal year but there is no layoffs in the NTHSSA as

Question 55-20(1): Territorial Regional Wellness Councils  Well, Mr. Speaker, as I got elected and got my portfolio and had my last briefing before I arrived here for session, session will be completed the end of the month, and then I'm hoping that I, myself, the NTHSSA, my department, the finance department, will be able to have a fulso

Question 55-20(1): Territorial Regional Wellness Councils  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. As I mentioned, it is my intent to share this review with -- to share this review publicly. I think right now what we're doing as a department is taking the review and reviewing it with different pieces with the recommendations that have been provided, and

Question 55-20(1): Territorial Regional Wellness Councils  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, yes, and a review has been done. I think it was a recommendation from the 19th Assembly that a review be done on this, and there was a review done. It was finalized late in the end of the last Assembly and so the department right now is workin

Question 55-20(1): Territorial Regional Wellness Councils  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, in -- I think when -- like the Member said, in 2016, I think we transferred into the territorial NTHSSA, and they are governed by the leadership council. So the leadership council Board of Management is made up of regional wellness council cha

Minister's Statement 11-20(1): Shared Health Priorities Agreement with Federal Government  Mr. Speaker, last week we announced two significant bilateral agreements with the Government of Canada. These agreements secured two federal investments totaling $36.38 million and demonstrate a shared commitment to both improving health care services for NWT residents, generally

Question 47-20(1): Yellowknife Wellness and Recovery Centre  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, with that question I'll have to get back to the Member. Thank you.

Question 47-20(1): Yellowknife Wellness and Recovery Centre  Mr. Speaker, yes, I will work with my department to make sure that the steps of the process are public. Thank you.

Question 47-20(1): Yellowknife Wellness and Recovery Centre  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, you know, as to what the department and what has been done, you know, there's been a long engagement within the city of Yellowknife. As a Regular Member who sat on the other side, I am not from Yellowknife, but I know I sat in many conversatio

Question 47-20(1): Yellowknife Wellness and Recovery Centre  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, within the wellness recovery centre in Yellowknife, as many may be aware, that there was a large federal announcement for that and right now, the Member is accurate, there are the -- as -- sorry, as there is moving forward on the accessing the

Question 35-20(1): Yellowknife Street Outreach Program  Mr. Speaker, you know, I'm not going to be committing anything on the floor of this House today without any information and a time to speak with the different NGOs and so therefore I've committed to meeting and speaking with the NGO and the city, and I'll leave it at that, Mr. Sp

Question 35-20(1): Yellowknife Street Outreach Program  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, as I mentioned I would be meeting with them and I would be, you know, hearing what the -- what are the concerns and what are the programs that they are providing and how these programs are being funded. A lot of the funding within health and s

Question 35-20(1): Yellowknife Street Outreach Program  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, what I am willing to do is I'm willing to meet with the city of Yellowknife. I already have received an invite to meet -- request to meet with them on some of the programs that they have and discussions. Becoming a new Minister, there's a -- y

Question 35-20(1): Yellowknife Street Outreach Program  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I'm aware in Yellowknife that there are many programs -- outreach programs. I mean, there's the shelters. You know, I mean, health and social services is actually operating the homeless shelter and the day shelter -- or the, sorry, the overnig