Shauna Morgan

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. So that is excellent news. Can the Minister explain how quickly they expect to be able to staff up, you know, get the site ready, but particularly in terms of staffing, because I know that's one of our biggest challenges, including training of staff. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Okay, thank you, Mr. Chair. So in order to figure out what we need to do maintenance on and what gets on the list, I assume we would need to be doing facility assessments. And so how often are we doing facility assessments to figure out, you know, what needs repair and maintenance? For example, you know, schools, health centres, all of the government major infrastructure and buildings. Do we have a policy on how often we generally do these facility assessments? Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. And in terms of options for out of territory psychiatric treatment, my understanding currently is that to get your child enrolled you have to go to social services and prove that you've exhausted all in-territory options. So given that many families may avoid going to social services for fear of having their kids taken away, worst case scenario, will the Minister investigate other options for approving out of territory psychiatric treatment for children, such as referral by a psychiatrist for example? Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. So given that this project is saving us millions of dollars annually, has the department looked at opportunities to scale up this project? Are there more energy efficiency projects we could do if we had more money? Because it sounds like, you know, the sooner we do them, the sooner we can save more millions of dollars. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I'd like to ask questions now to the Minister of Health and Social Services, also about mental health and psychiatric supports for children and youth. So I understand that health and social services is doing some kind of review of the entire system of youth mental health treatment. Can the Minister tell us what stage of the review it's at and when we can expect a decision or an action plan on a way forward? Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Okay, thank you, Mr. Chair. I'm going to go on to a different project. The capital asset retrofit fund, so retrofits to increase energy efficiency. Can the Minister tell us how much is the budget for that for 2026-2027? Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. And I'd appreciate if the Minister could also direct us to where those annual reports are found. I'm wondering does ECE have any requirements in terms of what the school-based programs must include in terms of parameters? For example, does it need to include some service to be able to respond to a mental health crisis by a student or options for one-on-one support in addition to group activities? Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. So just a few further clarifications on the Highway No. 4 reconstruction, the Ingraham Trail. So the improvements are planned between which kilometer markings; can the Minister clarify? Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I think it's important that both we and officials within municipal and community affairs take the time to better understand the detailed rationale behind this recommendation in the after-action review, and reflect on how we can accomplish the intent of the recommendation in the most cost effective way.

What I'm hearing so far from municipal and community affairs is good news, our internal system is working great, and all it took was some additional training and better efforts at communication. And, anyways, 2023 was a long time ago and we went ahead and...

Thank you, Mr. Chair; I appreciate that.

I know that many members of the public are eager to see the costs in the business case and the sooner we can do that, then the sooner we can have an informed public discussion about a cost benefit analysis, which I'm certainly eager to engage in.

Second, regarding the Slave Geological Province All-Weather Highway, can the Minister tell us has -- so keeping in mind that this project is slated for the next two years, the planning process. Can the Minister tell us whether a route has been set or decided yet for this project? Thank you, Mr. Chair.