Julie Green

Thank you. Member for Kam Lake.

Thank you, Minister. Any further general comments on ECE? Seeing none, we will now move into the detail. We will go back to the main page, and we will pick up at the first of the key activities, corporate management. Are there Members who would like to comment on corporate management key activity for ECE? Are there any comments on corporate management of ECE? Seeing none, I'm going to call the page. Education, Culture and Employment, corporate management, operations expenditure summary, 2020-2021 Main Estimates, total, $10,059,000. Does committee agree?

Thank you, Mr. MacDonald. Member for Yellowknife North.

Thank you, Minister. Deputy Minister.

Thank you, Member for Hay River South. Minister, do you want to respond?

Thank you, Mr. MacDonald. Do you have any further questions, Member for Frame Lake?

Thank you, Minister. Deputy Minister.

Yes, thank you for those responses. I would like to see the annual report on the action plan. I don't recall that was ever shared with the Standing Committee on Social Development, and it would be useful to see it. I understand the point of shoring up the current programming. I am not sure I understand so much developing curriculum for childcare. What I hear most often is that people find it difficult to obtain childcare and they find it unaffordable when it is available. As the Minister knows, there are a number of communities in the Northwest Territories, about a third of them, that do not...

Thank you, Member for Kam Lake. Minister.

Thank you, Minister. Members, we will now turn to the main estimates document, and I will open the floor to general comments on this department, Department of Education, Culture and Employment. Are there any general comments on this department's budget? Member for Kam Lake.