Caroline Wawzonek

Thank you, Madam Chair. Madam Chair, I don't have the main estimates in front of me right now. And in general, we don't speak to them before they get tabled here in the House. Members do have an opportunity to review the main estimates in advance. And so I think I'll have to defer that question too when we're up in front of the committee at the very least, if not back before the House, on the mains. Thank you.

Thank you, Madam Chair. I have some notes from NTPC owing to a different hat, but I don't have the full capital plan in front of me. I can assure Members, but also the public, that -- so the GNWT, for example, has a 20-year needs plan. NTPC also has a capital plan, and items like the surge tank were on the capital plan. So in terms of knowing the different needs, I think there's a fairly well-known set of needs. Bluefish and Snare, for example, also have breakdowns in the longer term plan about the need to replace those very aging pieces of infrastructure as well and to bring them back and to...

Yes, Madam Chair.

Thank you, Madam Chair. I mean, it would be sort of upwards of 170 is the best estimate I can have right now. I mean, and again, that would depend on the final applications. But the projection of the $14 million is that it should cover 172 based on average costs. But, again, my hesitancy just being depending on whether or not school boards are able to help support this gap from the exercise, that may fund more positions. Thank you.

Yes, please, Madam Chair.

Thank you, Madam Chair. Madam Chair, so that would depend, I think, on the individual education bodies. I was -- let me see if -- yes, I mean, it's certainly -- there's an understanding of -- my understanding -- sorry, is that there is work being done with each applicant to determine, firstly, if they have some surplus funding available to them but then also what their own expenditure plans may be. And certainly not wanting to -- certainly by no means a matching criteria, like a one-for-one, but I don't know that there's a specific -- or there is not a specific number that I can provide. Thank...

Thank you, Madam Chair. So, Madam Chair, there are -- there's a cost associated to when someone is on medical travel as opposed to when someone may be already down south for some other reason or, you know, students for instance, who are down on SFA but who are still considered Northwest Territories residents. You know, there's a number of people who may be down south for one reason or another. And some of this may be the medical travel that I gather maybe is what the MLA is getting at, but not necessarily all of it. So I can say that out of territory services broadly is, indeed, an area that...

Thank you, Madam Chair. Madam Chair, I mean, I appreciate the question. I do think that's an important question to ask. It's probably a question to ask to the federal minister. So, I mean, we were just there, all of Cabinet, Council of Leaders met with Minister Gull-Masty, met with Minister Chartrand and, you know, the indications seemed to be that they've heard us because it's certainly not by any stretch the first time that they've heard any one of a number of Ministers saying, you know, this was a legislated program that the federal government came and brought about. No indication that when...

No, Madam Chair.

Thank you, Madam Chair. Right now, this is a one-time funding situation. And I realize I failed to ask one of the other questions on the last round as to where it's coming from. This is being debt funded. We are not in a position where we have excess money in the education system. We are looking for, and we've made that very clear to the federal government. So there already have been, I understand, some changes and some modifications where they will accept individual applications that come through a school board but, again, this is their program, and I'm hesitant to say what changes they have...