Shauna Morgan

Okay. So we're not totally sure on that one yet.

I wanted to ask about -- sorry, let me flip back. So in the budget on page 281, the new $80,000 for electric vehicle charging stations, is that something that, like, individuals can apply to, or are those charging stations being installed by the GNWT, or is that something that, say, community governments, for example, could apply for funding under that? Can the Minister explain. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Okay. And, finally, can the Minister just confirm is part of the job of these three new positions to keep data and sort of issue reports on the kinds of cost savings and what difference it's making? Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Okay, thanks to the Minister for that. It's something that I will address hopefully later this week in some statement and questions about biomass economic opportunities.

I also just wanted to ask about -- so the shortfalls in fire suppression. We see $18 million coming in this supp. My understanding is that this is the second supplementary request that has come in this fiscal year for fire suppression. Can the Minister remind us, including this $18 million, what would be the total request for supplementary funds for fire suppression in the 2025-2026 year. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. So looking at the business plan, it lists that we're trying to measure the number of residents being hired for these kinds of community-based monitoring programs, but we don't have any specific targets there. We're just saying, just increase community capacity or provide jobs. And so then when it lists progress to date, we just kind of state what we're doing, but we don't know if it's getting better, it's getting worse, are we meeting targets, because we don't really have specific targets. Does ECC plan to establish specific targets? I understand it might be challenging...

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Has the Indigenous patient advocate office, or the Office of Client Experience, been gathering any data on what percentage of complaints regarding patients being treated disrespectfully or insensitively by practitioners involve temporary staff who have been brought in to plug holes within the healthcare system? Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. And so moving forward, is the Yellowknife airport expected to prevent such deficits in the future, for example, by increasing fees? Do they have some responsibility to not run a deficit, or is it just sort of acceptable that they might come to us each each year with a deficit? Thank you, Mr. Chair.

That's all of my questions for now. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Okay. I guess we will stay tuned in terms of the results of those consultations. I do think it is quite urgent that we really look hard at whether what we've been doing so far has been working or not. And, clearly, the barren-ground caribou herds are still suffering so we need to do something different. So I am looking forward to seeing some outcomes in terms of what are we going to do different going forward.

I also wanted to touch upon community-based monitoring. I don't know if there's a specific line for it, but certainly in the business plan it talks about goals in terms of jobs for...

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I have questions for the Minister of Health and Social Services.

So the equitable access report that HSS released in November 2025, which the Minister's staff referred to as our roadmap for primary care moving forward, identified as one of its seven overarching goals, strong and lasting workforce, yet out of the list of 17 actions in the report none relate to stabilizing the health care workforce or recruitment and retention.

So my first question for the Minister: Is it possible to achieve culturally safe care with the current level and ever increasing portion of our...

Thank you, Mr. Chair. I wanted to start by asking why there's a projected deficit for the Yellowknife airport revolving fund for this 2025-2026 fiscal year of almost $1.8 million. What has happened to lead to that deficit? Thank you, Mr. Chair.