Kate Reid

Thank you, Mr. Chair. Yeah, no concerns with activities happening in that region, that's for sure. Just wanting to make sure that the science is there to back up the fact that we want to do that work there and we don't have low water levels dogging the project.

Mr. Chair, also on this page is the Taltson pre-construction planning "(CERNAC)." So far, Taltson is 100 percent funded by CERNAC. Can the Minister tell me if the GNWT has had conversations about what a funding arrangement will look like after the planning phase is completed? Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thanks, that clarifies. Thank you very much.

Mr. Chair, I'm curious also about the Sachs Harbour fuel storage and dispensing facility. Can the Minister please tell me what the 2026-2027 budget is for that item and what the project is, all the substantiation? Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I spoke to some of my main concerns in the government response to the after-action review on our first day of this sitting, which is whether we're doing enough as a government to adequately ensure the safety of elders and folks with disabilities. The Minister of MACA said that he's hopeful and pretty certain a lot of my concerns will be addressed.

I will support this motion as a vote for the GNWT to adequately resource behind-the-scenes work, the important policy work, the demos and tabletop exercises, the communities, and all levels of civil society that...

Okay, yeah. Thank you. And what communities are on the docket for 2026-2027? Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thanks, Mr. Speaker. I also have questions for the Minister of Finance. She used to be known as the Minister of Red Tape Production; I don't know if that's still the case.

I know and she knows, and I think this whole government and this whole House knows, that NGO pockets are not deep. You have to often include liquor sales at events and going and getting a liquor license as a one-off for NGOs that may not do events with liquor sales regularly is a complex process.

I've brought this forward to the Minister in the past, and she's told me they're working on it. So I'm wondering if the Minister can...

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. And thank you to the Minister for continuing that good work.

Mr. Speaker, in 2022, the Yukon government worked through regulatory changes to their health care insurance plan act that allowed them to provide expanded care to private clinics for gender Yukoners -- Yukonits? Can the Minister tell me if her staff, or the health sustainability unit staff, are able to provide insights and an analysis as to whether gender affirming services that are in line with the Yukon's services could be considered core and/or insured services. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

I don't know how you follow that. Thank you, Mr. Speaker. As the Minister knows, I have a nonbinary constituent who has shared their experience in the media with the public health system as current guidelines cannot accommodate in a way that would address their gender-affirming care needs in a timely and safe way. This means that they are seeking life affirming treatment at their own expense in a jurisdiction that is not Alberta. This also means that the 2SLGBTQIAA+ community in Yellowknife raised nearly two-thirds of their surgery costs at a fundraising event two weeks ago. Although this is...

Thank you, Mr. Chair. And thank you to the Minister for that. I also, within this section, was curious if the Minister -- it says here for the wellness and recovery centre, on page 43, that the estimated completion is within fiscal 2026-2027. Are we still on the timeline for that particular asset? Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. And thank you to the Minister. Can you tell me -- gosh, how much that is for that line item; how much is estimated? Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I look forward to those updates.