Julie Green

Thank you, Madam Chair. Madam Chair, this money the $211,000 was for the last fiscal year that ended a year ago. This year there was the fiscal year that's going to end in a few weeks, $395,000 allocated. Some of it went to FOXY and SMASH; some went to the Status of Women who usually have a Family Violence Awareness Month event. The Hay River Health and Social Services Authority and the YWCA in Yellowknife both offer programs to children who witness violence. And we also fund "What Will It Take?" too. This is a series of artistic posters/videos that speak to family violence. So the...

Thank you, Madam Chair. Can I clarify is this the staffing O and M costs, or is this construction costs; what kind of costs? Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, the point of having the LPN program there is to provide a local workforce for the functions of that particular job. While I don't have exact timing for when their process will be complete, it's my expectation that it will be complete in time to offer the LPNs work in the NWT. We need them. Thank you.

Thank you, Madam Chair. I'll ask the deputy minister to respond.

Yes, thank you. I'd like to answer a number of different points the Member made. So starting with the wait times, the average wait time for a bed in a southern treatment facility is 23 days. We don't contract dedicated beds. 23 days is, in most cases, less time than people waited to get into Nats'ejee K'eh because Nats'ejee K'eh ran one month of women, one of men, one month of women, one month of men. So if you applied let's say you're a woman and you applied on week two, you would be waiting six weeks to get into Nats'ejee K'eh. So the wait times, if anything, are better than they used to be...

Thank you. That money is divided between the disabilities council to provide communitybased respite services and Inclusion NWT to provide respite services in Yellowknife. So the money is directed to nonprofit organizations with subject matter expertise to expand on. Thank you.

Yes, thank you. I think that the best idea is to have the Member look in the annual report which, for NTHSSA, was tabled last fall, and there would be a breakdown in there. And if he requires additional information, please go ahead and ask me again. Thank you.

Yes, thank you. All of these funds are prioritized for Indigenous governments. They have five months to put in their application from the beginning of the fiscal year. And if they haven't applied at that point, then the fund is available to other organizations that have a partnership with the Indigenous government. So there is no scope here for an individual to apply. But there is the scope for the partnership between a community organization and an Indigenous government to apply. Thank you.

Yes, thank you. We're waiting for some modifications that were required before we take the keys, which we expect to do this spring. Then they'll be a commissioning period and a period where people and equipment is moved in to the building to make it operational. And at that point, the public will be welcomed in to the building. That's why we're saying summer. There are some loose ends around exactly what amount of time is allocated to each of those activities. I think that once we obtain the keys to the building and begin the commissioning, we'll be in a better position to identify a moving in...

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. And thank you to the Member for the question. There are a total of 20 students in the final year of the bachelor of nursing program, and NTHSSA has made a conditional offer to each of them. Thank you.