Lesa Semmler

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I hear what the Member is saying but, you know, these are -- these are people's homes, this is their end of life, you know, this is where they're going to rest. We don't want to move them -- we want to keep them as close to home as we possibly can. As part of that plan, you know, when we -- the Member says that there's nobody on the waitlist, we currently have, you know, people and family members that are able to care for members and they may be on the projections because they're heavy -- heavy clients for home care and may require in the upcoming years...

Yes, I believe that there are actually more sleeping spaces in the new facility than we currently have and there is a capacity under, you know -- and I think built into it that can be expanded further. For more detail into that, I can turn it over to Mr. Heath if that's okay with you, Mr. Chair.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, you know, and I appreciate the Member's bringing this up. And as far back as I think it was 17 years ago is we started rolling out EMR and then up until last year was the final community that received the rollout, and now the program is not able to be supported. So I agree with the Member that this -- the process, and I know the technology has changed. I know that our access to internet throughout the territories is much better than it was 17 years ago, so as I have more details as the procurement process and the rollout of that, I will provide -- you know...

Thank you. I'm going to go to the Minister.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. The wellness and recovery centre is -- the process has already been awarded. It's already been started. The plan for this facility, which is 100 percent funded through the feds, was in order to replace the emergency shelter that we currently have in the day -- the day program -- our day use centre that's connected together downtown Yellowknife. The history of that building, I'm sure the Member is very well aware of the problems that happened within -- and the struggles that happened within Yellowknife is that this continuously was being bumped around and moved around...

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I'd like to welcome Amy Lee, a long-time colleague of mine way back when. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you. I will get the ADM to speak to stuff that happened in 2015. Thanks.

Yes.

Yes, thank you, Mr. Chair. Mr. Chair, a lot of these projections, you know, when we look at what we have on the waitlist, we use a lot of the data within -- that we have in our system. We initiated intereye, which is a system that will help also. And for more further detail, I can pass it on to the ADM if that's okay with you.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. When I look at what non-medical escorts that have been denied, I don't have that data. I can find out if the department tracks that data as to breaking it down to who was denied or what the reason was denied or -- and when I look at -- when they say denied, it's they don't meet the criteria. So within the medical travel policy, some people may not meet the criteria, or the person who's recommending the non-medical escort may not put in detail and are aware of the policy so that they need to ensure that they document what those reasons are so that the medical travel...