Shane Thompson

Thank you, Mr. Chair. On page 182, extended health care, there's a reduction of $350,000. Could the Minister explain the rationale for the reduction in this area? Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I apologize to the Minister of Education, Culture and Employment because I am going to ask him some follow-up questions on inclusive schooling and junior kindergarten. Mr. Speaker, we have heard the Minister talk about this $2 million. Where did this money come from, from the very beginning, when it was developed? Was it from the government or was it from the school boards, so the school boards had to take the money that we gave them and come up with $2 million? Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. On page 179, they have an increase of $162 for longterm nursing care and then a reduction of $162 for medical and surgical nursing. Could the Minister explain the rationale for the reduction and increase in these two areas? Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Mahsi cho, Mr. Speaker. I, too, would like to welcome the Daughters of the Vote from NWT, in particular my riding Reannda Cli. Then, of course, I have to lump and tell a little bit of a story because there are four ladies who actually I've had the opportunity to work with through the Youth Ambassador's program: Alyssa Ross, Raven Firth, and Olivia Villebrun, and I'm supposed not to embarrass her so I will not do that. As well, I'd be remiss -- I would be really remiss not to recognize Jane Groenewegen because she's done that a number of times when I've been up there. So thank you very much.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. I thank the Minister for his answer. I guess my next question leads to diagnostic services. Where are these services based out of? Yellowknife? Or is it based out of all the regions? Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thank you. Mr. Vanthuyne said he didn't want it, so I just wanted to make sure it didn't go away to the side. I thank the Minister for his commitment and look forward to that information. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. I thank the Minister for the clarification. It's helped a lot. Thank you.

No, I thank you, Mr. Chair. I thank the Minister for his answers, and the deputy minister has helped clear this up, so thank you very much. No further questions.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. On page 184, I notice we're looking at a $1.5 million increase over the three authorities there. Could the Minister explain how these numbers were calculated? Because some regions seemed to have disproportionate increase compared to the collective, so if the Minister could please explain that process. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thank you, Mr. Chair, and I thank the deputy minister for that answer. Actually, it is encouraging. I guess my next question would be: how are we promoting this information out there in the communities? Because I haven't heard of a lot of it, so I would like to know how it is promoted and maybe how we can work together to get that message out there. Thank you, Mr. Chair.