Kate Reid

Thank you, Mr. Chair. I am going to change my question topic. I am curious, when it comes to human resources, which is under this activity, will the department be working on a way to -- and it sort of dovetails with information services. Will the department be working on any way to publicly demonstrate, either online or through communications, where they can show the vacancies and retention rates in specific healthcare fields in the territory? Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thanks, I do appreciate that detail but it is still one analyst, so my previous question around who is overseeing a central function of evaluation, or is there a contemplation of a central function of evaluation throughout the GNWT and its agencies? Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. And so something caught my ear just now. How does the Minister define higher need for evaluation and how will departments be supported as that function devolves into their hands to identify highest need programs for evaluation? What are we basing that decision on? Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Do you mean Great Slave?

Thank you, Mr. Chair. With regards to the NTPC line under directorate, it has been removed entirely, and I'm just wondering if the Minister can confirm whether contributions to NTPC are expected to continue in future years to offset increased costs, or does the department have a long-term plan to minimize those contributions. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, can the Minister tell me if her staff is working with the MACA's Office of the Fire Marshal so that frequently used venues will have an expedited process for liquor license and special events when the Liquor Act regulations package is complete. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I wanted to recognize my page Sarah Gacula, and I'm sorry if I said your name wrong. I'm very happy to have you here, and I hope you have a future in politics if that's what you want. Have a good time at your Assembly. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. And yeah, no, fair enough. I suppose, too, that my understanding of the insurance act is not so much that we necessarily control what insurance companies do in the territory rather we allow them to provide their products in the territory. I do have more policy questions in that area, but for the interest of time and everyone's tiredness, I will stop there. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. Mr. Chair, can finance provide more details on the $5.5 million increase in funding for employee medical travel assistance and the $2 million for employee dental services? Medical travel has continued to increase over time. Is there an expectation that it will continue to increase in future budgets? Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thank you. And I do appreciate the Minister might not have the extensive detail I'm asking for today. But I do have one more question, which is, is there an expectation, then, that each department and agency will start to build up their monitoring and evaluation capacity? If not with PYs, perhaps with training of staff internally? I recognize that there are some departments who are already well on their way to -- or have had a monitoring and evaluation unit for quite some time, ECE being the most shining star in that bunch, but other departments and agencies are not in the same shoes. So is...