R.J. Simpson

Thank you. I will hand it over to our director of corporate affairs.

Okay, we're going to work on it. Thank you, Madam Chair.

Thank you. March or April is what I am thinking.

Thank you. I'd like to change witnesses.

Thank you, Madam Chair. So not all of those concerns have been overcome, but we are addressing them. So there is an interdepartmental working group that is getting together to ensure that, like I said, we're not getting in our own way and we're not negatively impacting our ability to deliver programs to clients. So one example is that there's the development of joint intake forms. So instead of having a bunch of different forms for a bunch of different departments that one client needs to fill out and provide all the same information, there's a joint intake form.

But I know the deputy minister...

Thank you. So the IGC does have a website. There are documents on the website. There's communiques. So there is information out there, so it's not completely a shadowy organization. But, again, it's a creation of the devolution agreement. It's the governments who signed on to devolution. And so we are one partner in that, and so I can't really say that we would, you know, be -- open up the doors and make everything public, but I think there is value in the public having a better understanding of the work that the IGC does. And so these are things that I will bring forward to the secretariat to...

Thank you, Madam Chair. That policy is something that I've spoken about in the House quite a few months ago actually, and events have been evolving so quickly that there's always something new to add to that policy and so we're just in the final stages of finalizing a draft, which we can then share with the committee. But it seems like every time we think we're close, there's an important event, there's something new that happens, there's -- DND announces something, and we want to make sure that we are not missing anything. So that's where things are at. Thank you.

Thank you, Madam Chair. And when I say it's all going to hit Cabinet at once, you know, it will be all decided, I believe, in a relatively short period. But as these analyses are done, we -- can be distributed to Cabinet, we're going to -- there's going to be something to be shared with MLAs as well, and so there will be time to absorb these things. And in terms of the why wait, I mean, that's -- again, that's a question for the healthcare system. The healthcare system has gotten to its current state because of how it's been operating, and so what we're trying to do is figure out how it's...

Thank you, Madam Chair. Yeah, there are interesting numbers in the business plan because we are, it is January -- or sorry, February 2026, and we're where we said we would be in March of 2027 almost. So three of the teams are established, the fourth in Behchoko we expect to be established by March. And the fifth one is the ISD Yellowknife site, which has been a longstanding site. Maybe I can go to the deputy minister for more detail, though. Thanks.

Thank you, Madam Chair. So the IGCS meets much more frequently than the IGC. So the elected leaders meet much less often. And I think that's one of the issues. I don't think that -- as the Member said, the public doesn't know what's going on at those tables. I don't think that -- myself included -- leadership is always fully informed of what's happening at that granular level. And that's one of the things that I've been talking about, is how can we have more frequent IGC meetings so that we can ensure we're all on the same page. Because, you know, there's a lot of work to be done and sometimes...