Julie Green

Yes, thank you. That's not our intention. The intention is that we are going to use an international needs assessment tool to assess people for the longterm care bed needs, and there will be a threshold of nursing and support services required before people are offered beds in longterm care. I am aware that in some cases now, people with special needs are in longterm care, and think that's a default because there hasn't been accommodation for them elsewhere. But you might know that we're doing a supported living review at this point, where we're trying to develop an interritory model for...

Yes, thank you. I'd again like to direct this question to Mr. Elkin.

Yes, thank you. I don't have that information with me, but I'm going to look at Mr. Elkin to see if he can give us an estimate.

Yes, thank you, Madam Chair. Yes, indeed, it is a priority of a new system. It's not possible with our current system, and so it would be a great upgrade to be able to offer people direct access to their own records.

I can send the Member notification that it's on budget and on time. Thank you.

Yes. On my left is Derek Elkin, the assistant deputy minister for corporate services. And on my right is Perry Heath, the director of infrastructure and planning.

Yes, thank you. I'm not sure, and I would be interested to know how often the plans are reviewed and updated. So that's a question I'll ask Mr. Heath.

Yes, thank you. Renovations at the Stanton Legacy project are going to be wrapping up next year. There will still be a need to staff the legacy project for the longterm care  additional longterm care beds. So it's not going to disappear from the budget altogether, but I think this will be the last year of renovation costs for that project. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I move, seconded by the Honourable Member for Range Lake, that Bill 40, an Act to Amend the Medical Profession Act, be read for the second time.

This bill amends the Medical Profession Act to allow a medical practitioner regulated in another province or territory to provide virtual care to patients in the Northwest Territories from a location outside the Northwest Territories. This may happen in the following ways:

An outofterritory practitioner may apply for registration in the virtual care register and be issued a virtual care permit;

An outofterritory...

Well, we  as mentioned earlier, we have made a $5 million contribution to the Avens pavilion in the form of constructing  providing money to construct their new kitchen and laundry facilities. So we're involved in that way. I don't think that we have other housing projects that  that we're directly involved with as the housing provider but more, as I say, what we're  what we're doing is  is helping people to stay in their homes with personal support worker and nursing services. Thank you.