Caitlin Cleveland

Thank you, Mr. Chair. So, Mr. Chair, the Member is right. What is noted here in the main estimates is the $353,000. And so normally what you would -- normally we would not have seen other post-secondary contributions in here at all, and so that is something that I will follow up with the department. I hear the Member as far as having clarity on that, and at the same time, we want to ensure that we're being transparent but also want to ensure that we can easily evolve this as time goes on as well. Thank you.

Thank you very much, Mr. Chair. So, Mr. Chair, as I explained before we needed to ensure -- or need to ensure that the CAQC process with Aurora College is completed before we have a piece of legislation that's enacted to ensure that we are incorporating anything that is -- that comes out of that process into the legislation. So education, culture and employment is working on the content of that legislation parallel to the CAQC process unfolding with Aurora College, and it is the intention to, as soon as we can, parallel to that process, bring forward a bill -- well, first a legislative...

Thank you so much. So it is -- the early learning program is currently offered at post-secondary institutions in the Northwest Territories. And in addition to it being offered in the territory, we do also provide the scholarship funding as well. Thank you.

Thank you. So that work will be completed by the end of this fiscal year.

Thank you very much, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, the dollars that school boards do have come from dollars appropriated from this House for the purpose of delivering education. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you very much, Mr. Chair. So, Mr. Chair, the action plan was developed extensively, I believe, in the 18th Assembly and would have been developed with -- by engaging with multiple stakeholders across the NWT. I can let the Member know that Indigenous language revitalization is something that we, in the 20th Assembly, talk about consistently at our bilaterals with all Indigenous governments, and this remains a top priority, again, in this Assembly. Even though the Indigenous languages action plan has sunset this year, we are renewing the approach in collaboration with Indigenous...

Thank you very much, Mr. Chair. That will certainly be part of the research component to figure out the future funding mechanism of Aurora College. For example, you know, the Member brings up success metrics as part of that funding, and certainly that's part of the research that will go into creating this funding formula. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. So, Mr. Chair, we as a government have endeavored to ensure that we are prioritizing the legislative priorities of the 20th Assembly and so making sure that we are putting resources to the legislation that needs to get done first. And so as the Member indicated, certainly willing to sit down and have conversations both with officials and myself in regards to the Archives Act. And I can also confirm for the Member that the work in the back end with officials is still continuing but that this piece of legislation, as far as drafting is concerned, will not be a priority...

Thank you, Mr. Chair. No, that's where some of our deficit comes from is the fact that we are funded for our target, which was 300, and we have surpassed our target. Thank you.

Thank you very much, Mr. Chair. So, yes -- the short answer is yes. So there is an increase in this budget for school-based mental health and wellness funding initiatives. And I have to give credit where credit is due. It was at one of our education leader forum meetings that a principal from a small community ended up sitting at the table. And I consistently always check in with all of our education partners on this program every time we get together. And the small community principal put up their hand and said this is one way that the policy and reality are not working out very well for this...