Katrina Nokleby

Thank you, Madam Chair. I just wanted to get a little bit more information as well around, like, the respite fund, noting that it hasn't gone up by very much. I'm just curious as part of the supported living review, are we looking at that amount of money as well? And I do note that it goes to organizations rather than from the department directly to individuals providing respite. But the reason I ask is because it's I'm aware of a few situations where people are living with are caretakers for children with disabilities and they're not accessing respite. And I'm just wondering, do we...

Thank you, Madam Chair. The reason I ask that is in the note it does say "and shelter families affected by violence."

My last question I guess, or that I would like to ask about is around men and men's supports. I note that we don't have the men's healing fund here, and I'm just curious to know if there is any of these funds that are directly targeted towards men and men's mental health and wellness given that it is known and shown that men do not access services the same way that others will. Thank you.

Thank you, Madam Chair. So if there is an individual because I do hear this often that someone would like to just you know, they've got their own equipment, things like that, and they do want to organize something but perhaps they just don't have that formalized partnership with a band, is there a pot of funding anywhere here where they could apply, or is it all going to be structured in partnership with Indigenous governments? Thank you.

Thank you, Madam Chair. I would argue that we well know that increasing money into community pots of funding that work with mental wellness and health and just generally wellness, including nutrition, is always going to be good money invested. Just because a pot of money has not been spent doesn't mean that the need does not exist, and I think that when we talk to any of the NGOs and small community organizations, they often speak about the red tape and the hurdles that they have to jump through, the hoops, the reporting. They're not going to go to all this extra work just to get $10,000. So...

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, on February 25th, Home Base Yellowknife hosted the Coldest Night of the Year, inviting residents to walk in the shoes of those experiencing homelessness in Canada's frigid winters. The walk began at Home Base's downtown youth centre and was followed by a hot chili supper cooked by Yellowknife city councillors Steve Payne and Ben Hendricksen.

Several community Members came out, not only to walk and raise funds, but also as volunteers to register walkers, as safety personnel or, as was my task, to run and bid on the silent auction. The Coldest Night of the...

Thank you, Madam Chair. Does the department have the ability to input around this Indigenous equity fund conversation or to at least facilitate that conversation between the federal government and Indigenous governments in the territory? Thank you, Madam Chair.

Thank you, Madam Chair. And does the Minister or the department know whether or not or can they somewhat anticipate if that would be part of this funding that's coming from the federal government that we already have been announced, or would we be looking for new funding for these changes or something that would be restructured internally? Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, my questions are for the Minister of Infrastructure. Can the Minister tell me if she's aware of, and what they are, the activities that her department is doing to celebrate Engineering Month this month given that all of the NWT or the GNWT's engineers typically reside in the Department of Infrastructure? Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, March is National Engineering Month in Canada, and it is our largest celebration of engineering excellence. An annual national campaign, National Engineering Month celebrates engineers, our work, and the important role we play in society.

Spearheaded by Engineers Canada, National Engineering Month this year is guided by the theme "There's a place for you in engineering" which celebrates the diversity of thought, opportunities, and people that make up the engineering profession. In some provinces, you will find geoscientists joining in as part of National...

Thank you, Madam Chair. And I also hope that we will be seeing bumps in these line items.

I think another piece that I became live to as an engineer and to my statement, when I was consulting, is really the lack of the intermediate age group in many professions. So in Canada with the Baby Boomers starting to retire, we have, you know, younger people coming in, but we're really missing that intermediate senior level of professional which we can see by all of the, you know, vacancies that we're looking for in the various industries.

So I guess with that in mind, how does the department help with...