Kate Reid

Thank you, Mr. Chair. And I think, you know, there is a healthy amount of skepticism around this project. It is a multi-billion dollar project. It's hard to see how it's a silver bullet. So I think a lot of people will have continual questions until there are those shovels in the ground, so. Has Canada given assurances that they will support this project to completion? Thank you, Mr. Chair.

I can. Thank you, Mr. Chair. I just wanted to ask if asset management would be the appropriate activity to ask questions about building standards. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. I appreciate that. Mr. Chair, the GNWT is receiving $11 million, or a 55 percent increase, for the Taltson expansion pre-construction work. Can the Minister explain how that additional funding will be allocated and what specific activities the funding will support. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Okay, thank you. So I am not sure I understand that answer considering that the projection for these main estimates then goes back down $2 million. Can the Minister or his staff explain what's going on. Thank you.

Thank you, that does help. I am just going to move on, and maybe one of my colleagues with more of a bookkeeping background might like to dig into that. But I will ask a different question for right now.

As the 2024-2028 business plan identified the centrality of Yellowknife as a logistical hub for NWT supply chains -- and I am not -- I think this is a question for this Minister, not the other Minister, so just -- just so you know. It's about emergency preparedness and recognizing that the Yellowknife airport is an essential hub in terms of an emergency, a large-scale emergency in the territory...

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. That's nice to hear. And I realize the Minister's not responsible for our nomination program and, indeed, the GNWT is not responsible for immigration. Can the Minister explain to me what barriers might exist for international hires and what work we're doing to reduce any hoops and barriers that may exist. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. I think I am lost. So can the Minister or staff provide like a tangible example of we bought this asset, etcetera, and the accounting book error meant that in fact we were in the red instead of the black; I am kind of lost here. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I am sure committee will look forward to that scoping and work together with the Minister. Mr. Speaker, will the proposed medical travel case management initiative with the three proposed positions focus solely -- their work solely on identifying cost savings, or will these positions also be looking for trends in patient experience and suggest improvements? Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. And I will speak slowly and let the Minister and his staff flip pages because I also get into that administrative snafu myself sometimes. The question is this: The Yellowknife airport revolving fund is projected to have a surplus of just under $52 million at the end of year, and what are the plans for that surplus? And I understand the surplus is based on assets so how do you measure a surplus by physical assets, I guess is my question. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, can the health Minister please tell me how the methodology and the survey questions for the 2025 Patient Experience Questionnaire and previous questionnaires, as I understand as it tracks the same metrics over time, were selected. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.