Caitlin Cleveland

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

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. 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 very much, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, in short, yes. When we were working last year with the community of Norman Wells when fuel was not received last winter, we made sure that we were talking directly to businesses in the region to understand those impacts. And so these weren't new relationships or new conversations at all. So certainly making sure that we're continuing those conversations and continuing to learn how we can work together on the next phases is going to be critically important. Thank you.

Thank you very much, Mr. Chair. Mr. Chair, absolutely, yes, I've previously made a commitment to bring everyone that is involved in the post-secondary landscape in the Northwest Territories together so that they can collaborate on multiple faces of things that they would like to pursue together. 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...

Thank you very much, Mr. Chair. Mr. Chair, on my left I have Jamie Fulford, deputy minister of education, culture and employment. And on my right, I have Terry-Lynn Locke-Sutter, assistant deputy minister of education, culture and employment for corporate services.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. So, Mr. Chair, the meeting that I was just at, oh my goodness, two weeks ago now in Ottawa was to discuss exactly that, different ideas and solutions from around the table, for what some of those flexibilities might be and how those flexibilities might look different between provinces from one end of the country to the other and territories from one coast to the next. And so those conversations continue. And I don't have anything new to report back to the House at this time.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. So there needs to be kind of two parts to this. So one, how Aurora College is going to be funded in the Northwest Territories, what our expectation is as an Assembly and a government going forward. And then two, how we intend to include other post-secondary in that, as the Member indicates, to create a bit more of an even playing field and do we intend to -- I guess, how many eggs do we intend to keep in that basket. Thank you.