Sheryl Yakeleya

Thank you. Thank you. Next I have Member -- okay, yeah, Minister, you can respond. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. How many communities does this program service? Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. And thank you to the Minister for that. It's very important for people in the -- you know, to have some kind of assurance or to know for sure that this is what they can do and the -- I don't know if it's called CHR, the person that provides the care in the health cabins, to know this information so they could pass it on to their community residents so everybody's aware. You know, more information is better than nothing, so if can you clarify that and get that organized for them, that would be really good. Thank you, Mr. Chair. That's more of a comment than a question. And...

Is there one in Enterprise? Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. Now, will the people that are organizing the -- or redeveloping or relooking at the medical travel, will they be consulting with health care professionals and providers in the communities? Because you got to find a better way of how to work with the people otherwise we're going to keep getting the calls, we're going to keep getting the calls from people that say this is not working, this is not working, this is not working. We need to find some solutions to make things work better for the people that we represent in the Northwest Territories and the ones that are...

Thank you, Mr. Chair. I'm trying to figure out how to word what I need to say. When people get sent out for medical travel, I guess going back to how things are done and needing to recognize how Indigenous people live and how we know that when a person is going through a medical condition, say cancer or something that might be detrimental and if they have a family member with them, we know that studies show that people heal faster, they heal well, they heal faster knowing that somebody's with them.

So I wanted to ask, like, for even with -- especially for older people, is the new changes that...

Thank you, Mr. Chair. Like, you said it was really remarkable thing to do and it would be good for the kids to know, in the North, what the treaties are and how they work. So is there future plans to have it -- to do something like that again or to get some more funding for that? Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Does the Department of Finance track how many Indigenous employees enter the public service through the career gateway program tracking their progressions into senior positions in the public service? In other words, are we seeing development and succession for these employees? Thank you.

Okay, that's good. I was looking for that, because we did have one in Fort Providence before, and she left, and I thought -- I wasn't sure if there was one hired since then, and that's good if there has been because it's very important for the children at the school to have some kind of mental supports if, you know -- in the smaller communities, we're dealing with a lot of negative impacts, and these impacts must be affecting the children that are going to school which affects their education levels and stuff. So the mental health piece of it is very important for the communities.

I guess I...

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Being this is our last day, I'd like to recognize the Dene Zhatie translator Sarah Gargan and Mary Jane Cazon, as well as Hawa Dumbuya. I worked with Hawa when we worked with the Native Women's for victim services. Welcome. And also to Sherri Tambour from Hay River Reserve. Thank you.