R.J. Simpson

Thank you. So the business plan, it's light on the healthcare system sustainability unit because the unit is to look at the services and provide an analysis to Cabinet. There's not much beyond that. I mean, that's a lot of work, but it's a very narrow and targeted focus. And so the goal of the unit is to do that work and provide advice to Cabinet. So, I mean, if you look at bed-based addictions treatment, if the argument is that we are delivering that as perfectly and efficiently as possible, then there would be no purpose for us to go and look at that. I am not of the opinion that we're doing...

Thank you. I will have to go and confer with my colleague, the Minister of Environment and Climate Change. But what we want to see is the concerns that we've heard over the years addressed. I want to see land become available. We want there to be a clear process with clear timelines, either a yes or a no. We want to ensure that there's opportunities for development. So what we're looking for in terms of results is land that can be developed. Thank you.

Thank you, Madam Chair. So, of course, these business plans and these targets were all created in our first year, and as we go, we learn. And so what I am finding has been more useful is to meet personally with the Indigenous governments, with the negotiators, hear directly from them, and see why it's taken us, you know, decades to make progress on things or not make progress on things. There have been instances where there has been some back-and-forth between basically ourselves and the Indigenous governments on some of the finer details of potential future agreements, and so we've dealt with...

Thank you, Madam Chair. To my right is Terence Courtoreille, associate deputy minister, healthcare system sustainability.

Thank you, Madam Chair. Whatever they need. We take the approach that we want to ensure that the Ministers are able to do their jobs, do it effectively. And so because of that, there is a budget that can be used to provide different types of training, whether it's media training, which is something, you know, quite basic, or whether it's training to deal with more complex issues. This is something we take very seriously in the office. And I know my chief of staff has conversations with the Ministers to ensure that they feel like they're getting what they need. And if they don't, we'll go out...

Thank you, Madam Chair. So it's because we are working more closely with Indigenous governments. When the Council of Leaders was created, I believe there was one year of funding to support that group, which is a very large group. I think last time we went to Ottawa there was 26 Indigenous leaders that came with us. And that was -- so that was one year of funding. And so we have not had that funding since then. And, you know, we're demanding -- as an Assembly, we want to work more closely with Indigenous governments. I want to work more closely with Indigenous governments. And so it takes more...

Thank you, Madam Chair. So it is open. The -- I believe it opened just before Christmas. There were some issues that resulted in people not getting in there as quickly as we would have liked, but those issues have been resolved, and I think it's around half full right now. I did a tour there a couple weeks ago maybe, and they said they have a list of about 140 people, I think, is what was on that list, and not everyone on the list is a good fit for the transitional housing. They have different criteria that they use to, you know, screen people in and screen people out, and this is being done...

Thank you, Madam Chair. A significant amount of work has been done on this. And in fact, it has, there is really somewhat of a final product that has just been circulated amongst the deputies. And we'll be seeing that soon. The expectation is that the site will launch in spring of 2026. So just around the corner. Thank you.

Thank you, Madam Chair. And so I will start, and then we can go to the deputy minister. But, again, this is one of those councils where the GNWT is one of the parties at the table and so the pace is often dictated by the party with maybe the least capacity or the least availability. And so it doesn't always move as quickly as everyone would like and, you know, I think those of us around the table as well. But I can hand it to the deputy minister for some more detail on that. Thanks.

Thank you. I will hand it over to our director of corporate affairs.