Julie Green

The simple reason that we don't have a treatment centre is because they don't work. We have tried four times. The effort to provide one treatment centre for all the regions, languages, and cultures hasn't been successful; people don't attend. And what we found is by giving people options, they attend in greater numbers than they ever have when we had a facility in the NWT. Thank you.

Yes, thank you, Mr. Chair. Mr. Chair, I'm not able to give a date at this time for the first resident to move in. What I can say is that I can provide waiting list information. The largest waiting list presently is in the Beaufort Delta. It's 15 individuals. So there is a waitlist I think in almost every location, except for Fort Smith, of somewhere between one and 15 individuals. So obviously we are interested in having the longterm care facilities available.

Our commitment to aging in place has as much to do with home care and supports provided for people to stay in their own homes as it does...

Thank you, Mr. Chair. Mr. Chair, the issues are, as Mr. Heath said, that without knowing which location is the final choice then it's very difficult to estimate the project cost but this is a 75/25 project.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. Mr. Heath will clarify that.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. Mr. Chair, the budget for this project has changed and the completion date has changed, and I'll ask my colleague Perry Heath to provide some additional detail. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Yes, I think the missing piece here is the Stanton Legacy Project, which is partly a longterm care project. And so I'll ask Mr. Heath to provide additional detail on the spending on that project. Thank you

Thank you, Mr. Chair. On my left is Kyla Kakfwi Scott, the assistant deputy minister. And on my right is Perry Heath, the director of Infrastructure.

Thank you for the comment.

Yes, thank you, Madam Speaker. Madam Speaker, I'm meeting with the executive director on Monday. I appreciate the offer from the Member.

Yes, thank you I said to the Members for Thebacha and Hay River South that they could forward their questions to me. So these projects two of these projects are impacted by the flooding that occurred last year and this year. They were planned for areas which flooded in the respective years. So that has put some uncertainty into the budget because the location is not certain. The one that is furthest ahead at this point in planning is the Inuvik longterm care. And I'll ask Mr. Heath to provide the specific answer to the Member's question. Thank you