Caitlin Cleveland

Thank you very much, Mr. Chair. Absolutely, Mr. Chair, that is largely based on our Skills 4 Success plan. Thank you.

Thank you very much, Mr. Chair. So, Mr. Chair, I'm -- the funding was not cut. There's still very much a line item in there for post-secondary.

In regards to what was cut, there was a subset of the Aurora College transformation initiative, and that was funding from CIRNAC. There was also funding that then through budget negotiations that Members did put back in, so it nearly matched the sunset of funding from CIRNAC. So CIRNAC sunset was $581,000, and then Members negotiated $500,000 for it.

In that line item, there's also a carry forward of building Skills 4 Success of $100,000. There's also...

Thank you very much, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I'm not going to meet with daycares on the Member's terms. I'm going to meet with the daycares on their terms. Thank you.

Thank you very much, Mr. Chair. So, Mr. Chair, I'll pass to the deputy minister in a moment here to provide more information on regional staffing. But these staff are to support our early learning and childcare system users across the territory, so people setting up day homes or people setting up childcare facilities. And through yourself, Mr. Chair, if you're comfortable, I'd like to pass it to the deputy minister.

Thank you very much, Mr. Chair. So, Mr. Chair, that is funding that was awarded to the Gordan Foundation. And treaty simulations are an experience that allow participants to negotiate and implement treaties firsthand to -- sorry, to understand what it would be like to do that and to participate in that. And so they're learning from treaty experts, making new connections. It's often youth working together. So it was a grant afforded to Gordan Foundation to be able to carry out this work. Thank you.

Sure, Mr. Chair, whatever works best for you.

Thank you very much, Mr. Chair. So, Mr. Chair, you see quite a large difference here, and what is it is there's a sunset of the education renewal and innovation ERI funding. There's also -- we used to do training where we would fly classroom assistants from small communities into Yellowknife to do training together. And what we learned from education bodies is that was very disruptive to the students that they were, in fact, supporting in the classroom so we switched to a virtual model. We also have -- sorry, just quickly looking here.

Oh, sorry, we also do have the mental health and wellness...

Thank you very much, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, we have the Northwest Territories Early Childhood Association which is made up of both daycares and day homes and their representatives which is in constant contact with ECE. I have also had the opportunity to meet with that organization, and my last words to them was I'm more than happy to get together anytime. I'm also more than happy to get together with daycare providers. I have had outreach now as of last night from YK Daycare Association, and any time that, for example, the YK -- sorry, the YWCA has reached out to me, I have certainly taken...

Thank you very much, Mr. Chair. So, Mr. Chair, we were certainly looking for all opportunities to support new childcare spaces within the territory. At this time I know that, for example, Norman Wells is looking at a new space, and they've been very active in conversations with the Department of Education, Culture and Employment; and in addition, Industry, Tourism and Investment is kind of all hands on deck to see how we can support that understanding how critically important these new spaces are to parents across the territory. Thank you.

Thank you very much, Mr. Chair. Mr. Chair, I might need to follow up unless -- we will follow up with the Member on that one, and we will have to bring back that information. Thank you.