Shauna Morgan

Thank you, Madam Chair. So I do appreciate that clarification, and we'll have to follow up in the coming days or weeks about how those gaps can be addressed.

Finally, I just wanted to ask about for us to not fully lose sight of the second item there which is funding to support the national school food program agreement. And I understand that this is offset by federal revenues. Can the Minister explain whether that money then will be able to cover school -- well, what exactly it covers. Are we now going to ensure that there are meals being provided in every school in the territory? Thank you...

Thank you, Madam Chair. And so the line item specifically says gaps relating to educational support assistants. Would this funding also -- could it be applied to not just EA's, educational assistants, but also other supports needed by education bodies, for example speech-language pathologists, other sort of therapeutic supports? Can the Minister clarify what actually is eligible under this $14 million of funding? Thank you, Madam Chair.

Thank you, Madam Chair. So regarding the $14 million that's being allocated to address gaps relating to educational support assistants, I understand that this is an attempt to fill some of the gaps left by the removal of Jordan's Principal funding. Can the Minister confirm how much of that $14 million has already been spent up to now? Thank you, Madam Chair.

Yes, thank you, Madam Chair. And so to confirm, though, I mean, I know we're looking at -- the second line item is out of territory services which could include seeing physicians or medical professionals down south, and the first line item is health and social programs occurring here in the territory. Either way, would the Minister agree that to a large extent, the expenses that are occurred for sending people out of the territory are a direct or indirect result of choices made about services that can or cannot be provided by the health authorities in the territory? So in fact the budgets are...

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. But to get clarification there, so obviously the community health nurse would have to be the one in a small community to offer the assistance or the care if they're the one in-charge. But when I'm wondering is whether the call could go through, for example, a 9-1-1 or an 8-1-1 just as, you know, people could call 9-1-1 in emergency and then that dispatcher would determine the nature of the emergency and then activate the appropriate emergency responder or person in-charge, such as the community health nurse, but having that extra screening could field out calls that are...

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I wanted to ask further questions of the Minister of Health and Social Services, this time about supports available for community health centre nurses. So, first, how is either HSS or the health authority working to rebuild the successful model of continuous physician care that was being practiced five years ago, for example, in Behchoko and Fort Good Hope where a designated physician would be on call to support the community health nurse for non-emergent matters seven days a week? Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. So I was a little bit unclear whether the Minister was talking about improvements to come or improvements already in place. But the example of creating a system of same-day bookings where if a physician or locum knows they have an opening the next day that they can contact people, for example, on a waiting list or a cancellation list and fill those slots on the same day, is that mechanism currently in place, or is it being worked on? Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Mr. Speaker, our primary healthcare system has the potential to get better over time. We have access to newer technologies, including around virtual care, more programs than ever to recruit and train local practitioners, and a team working to improve Indigenous patient experiences. So how is it possible that people's access to primary care in so many of our communities has gotten worse over the past five years?

I am tired of the explanation that health care across Canada is struggling and that we're somehow powerless to stop this decline. Not long ago, if you called for a primary care...

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. So I know the Minister has mentioned over and over again that some of these responsibilities fall to local communities. Will the Minister ensure that funds are actually available for communities to implement the preparedness activities, the things they're committing to in their emergency plans, rather than simply offering templates, workshops, information? Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I'd like to continue on with questioning from yesterday for the Minister of Municipal and Community Affairs regarding the recommendations from the after-action review.

The review recommended that the government come up with a structured process to review, prioritize, and act on the findings of not just this review but all the previous after-action reviews so we don't keep repeating mistakes over and over. The government said it agreed but then explained how findings are being brought to the territorial planning committee, but this process doesn't seem to be transparent...