Lesa Semmler

Yes, I am going to turn that over to the deputy minister because the deputy minister at his level is working -- that is where I think, with him, and the other -- the departments that are having these conversations. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. There is, I guess, within human resources, depending on the jurisdiction, like if it's NTHSSA public service, that information, I believe, is tracked through finance's human resources, and it is published through their annual reports. So thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. I believe -- and I can -- I believe within medical travel, whether you're with any other insurance that -- if it's GNWT that's paying for your travel out of territory, this is prior to that. So this is going to be the case management to say whether or not this travel can be done in your home community, is it urgent, does it need to be done right now, is there a need that -- you know, that we could, you know, actually book it because you have another appointment coming up, you know, it's -- so that is what that is before it goes to who's paying for the medical travel. So I...

Thank you, Mr. Chair. As that's part of capital, I don't have that level of detail right now, but we can get that information back to the Member.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. Mr. Chair, they would follow our collective agreement if they are eligible for whatever's under the collective agreement as well as the current things that we have within the health authority to support and retain through our previous recruitment initiatives. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Yes, that's correct. I believe the last update that we had was that it would be, I think within this next couple of months that it would be ready to go out for RFP. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. The important piece around this laboratory and expansion, x-ray expansion in the budget, is related to many of the issues that we have heard from, you know, from town halls, heard from residents through BFs, through MLAs, through other Ministers bringing their concerns to my office, as well as my own constituents. As you know that the Stanton -- you know, the positions will be, you know, put into the territorial -- Stanton Territorial Hospital but the Stanton Territorial Hospital, as I say, is a territorial support for the entire territory.

So it's really important that --...

Thank you, Mr. Chair. To my left I have the deputy minister Mr. Alan Doody. And to my right, I have assistant deputy minister Jeannie Mathison.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. Mr. Chair, that was the -- that is for the wellness and recovery centre and so through the budgets, as we have needed it, this is a fully, I believe, federal funded capital project and so it's being funded through -- as we can roll out this year what needs -- what's needing to be allocated, and I believe it was over three years until it was completed, and then we -- to open. Thank you.

Mr. Speaker, I give notice that on Tuesday, February 10th, 2026, I will present Bill 40, An Act to Amend the Vital Statistics Act, to be read for the first time. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.