Caitlin Cleveland

Thank you, Mr. Chair. Mr. Chair, ECE receives $5.9 million from the federal government that is immediately distributed to Indigenous governments for the purposes of Indigenous languages. Thank you.

Thank you very much, Mr. Chair. Mr. Chair, I don't have the historical information on where those numbers originate from. That said, however, I am familiar with the regulations that the Member is speaking of and the concern, especially around schoolaged children and after school care, and can commit to following up with the Member in further detail on that. Thank you.

Thank you very much, Mr. Chair. Mr. Chair, just to go back really quickly, I do have the number for the Member in terms of the change in enrolment for Tlicho region, and it's 4 percent. So a decline of 4 percent for Tlicho region schools.

And then in regards to the degree programs from Aurora College, Aurora College has spoken about having their first degree program be general studies, and they pushed that back by a year. Originally, they had intended that that would start this fall, and so that would mean that it would start next fall. Beyond that, I do not have that information as of yet from...

Thank you very much, Mr. Chair. Mr. Chair, I appreciate the Member's comments for sure. I can reflect on some recent decisions that were made that came out that were not  well, that were fully baked, we will call them. And so it's  you know, it's definitely one where finding that sweet spot of how people want to see ideas come out of the oven is definitely one that depends who you're chatting with. And so I appreciate the Member's support on this and look forward to being able to update him on what those timelines look like once we've had the opportunity to make sure that we're going about...

Thank you very much, Mr. Chair. Mr. Chair, it would depend on the extent of renovations and what was required, but there are funding arrangements that the department does have to help people set up their familyrun day home out of their houses, and so it would be on a casebycase basis as to what exactly a resident might be looking for to help with that. And so if there is somebody within the Member's communities that would be interested in that, I know that the ELCC coordinator would love the opportunity to be able to hear from that person and work directly with them. That way they could...

Sorry, I just wanted to make sure that residents know that they can either choose one or the other or both and that they can work with their client navigator on that one. Thank you.

Thank you very much, Mr. Chair. So Mr. Chair, this line item does not speak to the program that the Member is referring to. This line item, it speaks to the diploma program through Aurora College. So ECE has been funded for that program for multiple years but, unfortunately, that program does not exist yet. And so to ensure that we're using the dollars as committed to by the Legislative Assembly, those dollars have been removed until such time that I can come forward to FMB with a proposal from Aurora College in order to accurately request dollars for that program. Thank you.

Thank you very much, Mr. Chair. Mr. Chair, we're just pulling up that information right now. Potentially maybe we could come back to the Member on the exact number of total spaces in the territory that we are funding. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thank you very much, Mr. Chair. Mr. Chair, I would like to just say for the record that we called our program Skills 4 Success first before the feds and, unfortunately, the two are not related; they just share a name. So when the federal government came out with their funding program, it had the same name as our existing strategy. So the two are not related. Our strategy still exists, but that federal funding has sunset. Thank you.

Thank you very much, Mr. Chair. Mr. Chair, it is absolutely true that Members would have heard, as well as the public, that there is an intent to streamline arts spending within ITI and immigration within ECE. It was important to me that that announcement be made as soon as possible so that the work could then follow in a much more transparent and public way around making sure that we were transitioning stuff so that the staff that are involved in those programs so intimately could be involved in that planning process, and so you will definitely still see budgets reflected in their...