Jane Weyallon Armstrong

I know for senior aging in place retrofit and repair program, I know the budget has been the same from 2024-2025, and I know it's a popular program, and this year alone or just this -- yeah, this fiscal year, I mean, they exceeded the fund, you know, because there's a lot of elders that apply for the program and some of them got a denial letter because they used up all the funds that -- for that program. So I just wanted to ask to find out to see if there's going to be any increase to that budget because there's, like, a lot of our elders who are, you know, aging in home. I'm sure this 1.6 is...

Thank you for that information. And I'm grateful that, you know, the Minister and her team went to Behchoko and looked at some of the programs and see how hard many of these -- the people that are working there or the program and the organization are working hard to house their people, you know. I mean, these funds are very important to many of them. So I would like to ask too is that, you know, emergency shelter, I don't think we have that. We have a warming shelter, but it's not the same as this emergency shelter where there's -- there's a facility in Yellowknife, Hay River, Fort Smith, and...

Thank you. Yeah, I just want to ask about this Northern Pathways. Many of these programs are very important, especially to small communities where there's limited facility. So Northern Pathways to housing, shelter enhancement fund, emergency shelters, I want to ask the Minister if all these funds get used up within the fiscal year.

Thank you. That's good to know, Mr. Speaker. So what programming is available for seniors that are being abused? Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, today I will be speaking in the House regarding the elder abuse.

Mr. Speaker, we know that there's a lot of abuse happening in the Northwest Territories and especially in Tlicho region. So today, Mr. Speaker, we have heard and seen there are many forms of elder abuse here in the North, and not enough is done to prevent it. This abuse can be in the form of financial abuse, physical abuse, psychological abuse, sexual abuse, health care fraud and abuse, elder abandonment. For example, we have young people extorting elders for their pensions or forcibly moving...

Thank you. Thank you for that information. Okay, so that the eligibility, is it based on income threshold? Thank you.

The emergency repair program (audio) my constituents (audio) this repair program. How does this (audio) emergency repair program.

Yeah, thank you. Thank you for the information. Yeah, we had a real good visit, and we were told about all these programs that, you know, the facility use, and it's very important to them. And Northern Pathways program was mentioned by the transitional housing program. So I am quite pleased. But it's good if it is on the radar. I am pleased because I know many of -- many of the people have been asking about it, that we need something for our young people. You know, some of them went out to treatment two or three times, you know, like they -- we know that they really want to get better but it's...

Yeah, you know, shelter enhancement funds, okay, if it gets used up because like I said it's very important, especially for small communities where we rely on many of these programs and these funds. For example, the shelter enhancement fund, $100,000, is it going to increase anytime soon? Because I'm sure there's -- you know, there's facilities out there in small communities, they -- you know, they access these funds. So is it allocated based on first-come/first-serve basis, or how does this money get allocated? Because it's not a lot of money. So thank you.

Thank you. Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Without a Minister or ministry responsible for seniors -- I know she answered some of these questions but I would like to still ask -- responsible for seniors, where is the best source of information for people who want to help seniors bwho are being exploited or abused? Thank you.