Kieron Testart

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, last budget, we voted an additional $3.5 million to support this program, and I understand that money has not been spent. Can the Minister explain why that money is not getting out to daycare providers where we intended it to go. Thank you.

Thank you. So when was the facility opened I guess? Like, when -- for these -- because did it just happen and we're bringing these parents on board? My understanding is those -- the long-term care beds have been empty for quite some time so when do we start admitting -- sorry, when were we able to admit long-term care patients? Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I'd like to recognize a page from the Range Lake riding today, Ahmed Saad, and it's also his birthday. So thank you for being here on this very special day. I'd also like to recognize my friend Hawa Dumbuya-Sesay, she's the executive director of the YWCA, and everyone else who's come to watch our proceedings today from that organization. You do great work in our communities, and we're happy to support you here. Thank you.

Thank you. Just I have some questions on long-term care. In -- sorry, I'm just wondering if every long-term care bed that we have at the Liwego'ati Building is filled? Thank you.

Thank you. Where can I find that? Thank you.

Thank you. Well, I guess to be clear, so I have a constituent who is paying $4,000 more a year that he didn't before. So before the change to the program, he was paying zero dollars. Now he's paying $4,000. So how do we get to a point where he's back to zero? Thank you.

Thank you. So just for absolute certainly, the Minister does approve all spending at NTHSSA or any other authority at the end of the day? Thank you. It is the Minister who gets final approval of those budgets? Thank you.

Thank you. No, that's fair. That's a difficult question to answer. Can the Minister remind me how many clients have fallen off? I know there's 366 new clients but how many have fallen off from previously registered? Thank you.

Thank you. Thank you, Mr. Chair. So do you reconcile -- sorry, to the Minister. Does the Minister reconcile that -- like, the line items in the information item to the actual budget that will be presented to the Minister by the authorities before February 15th? So, like, we see what's here in this book. When they get the other document, do they -- when is that reconciliation? Is it after this is approved, or does that all happen before April 1st? Thank you.

Thank you. Are you going to collect, like, the user experience or beneficiary experience as part of that data collection? That's what I'm looking for. Because, you know, we hear from constituents who are paying more now than they were before and, I mean, it sound great, right, that people have found new ways to lower their costs and accessing other benefits and everything's really working out really well, but I keep hearing from -- again, I have a constituent who texts me just about every month to remind me how much more he is paying, and that's -- that's -- and that's not the only information...