Julie Green
Statements in Debates
Thank you. Please address the question to Mr. Elkin.
Yes, I find that a difficult question to answer. The Legacy project was planned before I came into this role. But, you know, always there was going to be O and M for all these extra beds and so I'm assuming and I hope I'm right about this that it's on someone's radar that, you know, once we finish paying for the cost of the renovation then we need to staff up the facility.
In terms of, you know, the total ask and where it's going to come from and so on, that's going to be a future budget discussion.
I will just say about the Legacy project that the beds are going to be phased in. So I don't...
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Yes, thank you, Madam Chair. Personally, I would like to recycle every fax machine in the NWT. But that may not be what the department has in mind. So I'll look again to Mr. Elkin to ask him about that.
Thank you. This is a project of the Avens Society itself and it's not a project of ours. Our contribution to the project is for the laundry and kitchen upgrades.
In terms of the timing of the project and their fundraising goals, I have no information on that. Thank you.
Yes, thank you, Madam Chair. The Member is correct. The current electronic medical records system has an end date, and it is necessary to replace it. And I believe that Mr. Elkin has been participating in that process and could give you an update.
I'm going to take "on track" to mean on time, on budget. And to the best of my knowledge, it is on time and on budget. And in terms of the lessons learned, I think that's standard practice, but we're not at that stage yet.
Yes, thank you. I don't have the 20year plan for infrastructure acquisition with me. But I'm sure that Mr. Heath does, and he can tell you whether there is a plan coming forward for Wekweeti. Thank you.
Yes, please.
Thank you, Madam Chair. This is really more of an O and M expense at this point because we're contracting other service providers to provide the day shelters and Housing is contracting them for the night shelters.
I understand what you're saying about whether there is some point at which building a facility would make more sense. And I I'm certainly happy to have those conversations. But I would just say that within the scope of our existing budget, I would say that we have more urgent priorities, such as the long term care units, for example, where, you know, there is no plan B that is owned...