Julian Morse

Thank you, Mr. Chair. I do apologize if I'm repeating any questions here. I was trying to follow along with all the other Members.

But the community clinics and health centres, I notice there's a pretty significant increase there. Can the Minister just give a quick summary of what's happening there.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. There are a lot of lakes around here; it's easy to mix them up.

The other question that I have Mr. Speaker -- or sorry, Mr. Chair, is other post-secondary institutions. So there's funding for College Nordique and the Dechinta Centre for Research and Learning. I note that there is no funding in that line item this year. Does this mean that we are not making any contributions to Dechinta or College Nordique, or is there more to that story? Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. So 366 new clients. So those are 366 new individuals. Does that represent a growth of 366 clients over what was there before? So how many were registered prior to the change, I guess. Because you're saying there's 794 registered now, how many were registered before? Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. And the way it's described in this -- in the budget is funding to organizations to deliver literacy programs. So what organizations specifically are losing out with this cut?

Okay, thank you, Mr. Chair. And thank you to staff, that does help me better understand that. So the $46 million that we see on the other page is contained within the $51 million so it's not a cumulative number. Yeah, okay. Thank you, Mr. Chair. And that is the only question I had on this page. Thank you.

No one thinks any less of you for it, Mr. Chair.

So knowing that we've got a number of years left, I feel like it's very obvious to point out that we're in 2025, and yet the funding has been completely cut. And so if the transformation is not scheduled to be complete for another two years, what is going to be funding the transformation and how are we going to be successful? How is the Minister ensuring that we are setting this institution up to succeed this time knowing that we already missed the rollout date of 2025 that was supposed to happen? Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. That's all the questions I have for this section.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. Mr. Chair, my first question is for the first line item on page 45 here, junior kindergarten to grade 12 education system services. I note that it's declined in the past three years from $10 million all the way down to $4 million. So can the department explain to us what is the story with these cuts over subsequent years?

Thank you, Mr. Chair. Just also some questions on page 212. The Member for Great Slave doesn't need to point out that I was being given an unlimited clock there.

Mr. Chair, so just on page 212 there, there's an almost $9 million -- or there is a $9 million reduction of health and social services authorities funding. There's a cut to the respite fund. There's a cut to the seniors' fund. Are all those explained by the same answer that the Minister gave me just a minute ago there?

Thank you, Mr. Chair. Mr. Chair, I mean, this is certainly something we've been talking about in the House quite a bit, today, yesterday, but I thought I might be able to get into it a little bit more during budget.

So although there was an increase in the 2024-2025 Mains, clearly we're still hearing a lot of concerns from operators about the ELCC funding, the certification processes involved, the proposed wage grid. Does the Minister have confidence that they can sufficiently support this sector and, indeed, achieve their goal of growing the sector with the current funding models given these...