Lesa Semmler

Thank you, Mr. Chair. I do believe that myself and my colleague, Minister of Education, Culture and Employment, have been working together and trying to ensure that children in small communities -- you know, before we got into this government, there was decisions made, you know, to best support children in small communities. It really -- you know, I can't speak to it but we do know that it's been addressed, it's been highlighted as a concern, and so our -- both of our departments are working together to come back with the funding that we do have in our different areas to support children...

Thank you, Mr. Chair. The diabetes program throughout the Northwest Territories I think has been -- like, as before, I remember working in Inuvik and we had a diabetes educator. Those were federally funded because that was the thing of the -- of that government that -- so that was time-limited funding and that. And then there's -- there's other -- like, there's the northern wellness agreements that we give to communities that can create -- what's the health priorities of their community, and then they can allocate those funds to running different types of programs. We also have CHRs that have...

Mr. Speaker, within my authority I have the ability to approve, but where I use the expertise of the medical advisor and the processes that we have to advise me on the recommendations, and then I make a decision based on that if it ever came to me. But, however, within this process, the majority of the exceptions that come to my office are not within the medical travel policy. They are usually when it comes to air ambulance. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you. No, that's the sobering centre staffing transferring to the housing. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. Mr. Chair, as I mentioned, as soon as I have that report and I review it and then there's a process that we use to go through and as soon as I have briefed my colleagues on it and then I will offer a briefing to committee on that as I committed previously. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I am not going to speak to specifics on the floor of this House when it comes to patients' health information and any issues that have come to my office. I am more than welcome to have that conversation with the Member. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. Mr. Chair, this is long, ongoing funding that I believe that the NWT Disability Council advocates for all residents of the Northwest Territories, and so these pockets of funding are historic, ongoing funding that has been ongoing -- like, I don't even know how long that they've been in the budget. And as I stated, they do go to NWT Disabilities Council and they do -- I think -- I believe, you know, they provide different services throughout the territory.

I can commit to getting that information back. I don't have that here.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, yes, right now we are working on the people strategy which is part of that. It's also a key strategy in the primary community health care framework. Integrated care teams include physicians, nurses, nurse practitioners, Indigenous health workers, community health representatives, administrative staff, mental wellness and social supports. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you, Madam Chair. This is really exciting because this change comes from the trilateral group that ISC and Indigenous governments and GNWT meet, and the Indigenous representation at the table highlighted how they wanted to take more involvement in home and community care in the things that they could provide under the social aspects, the transportation, those types of things. And so when renegotiating the Inuit home and community -- First Nations, Inuit home and community care agreement that there is an increase in that northern wellness agreement that will go directly to Indigenous...