Shauna Morgan

Thank you, Mr. Chair. So I'm a bit confused whether the money here is to improve the current space that we're in or to relocate and find a whole different space to lease for the child and family services program. Can the Minister clarify.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, when I say the word economy, most people in the NWT think we're talking about mining, or some think economy is about where the money comes from. So, here, that's basically the government and how it spreads money and jobs around. But the word economy can also mean how wisely we manage the resources we have. It comes from a Greek word that means management of a household. I want us to get our territorial House in order and take better care of what we have.

The way things seem to have always worked up here since colonial governments were established is that now...

Okay, thank you, Mr. Chair. Thanks for that clarification. I'm curious to know -- and this might also apply to the child and family services program space improvements that we're making where it looks like we're also leasing that space. So as the lessee, we're going to be paying for these improvements, but if we decide to no longer use that space in the future, you know, the lease ends or something, I assume that the landlord just sort of gets to keep the improvements? Like, how does it work when we're just the lessee but it looks like we're paying for these improvements? Or does the landlord...

Okay, thank you, Mr. Chair. So this is all great information to have, and I hope will be good news for the public.

I secondly wanted to ask, the improvements to be made to the Yellowknife primary care centre, I assume that that is -- we're talking about the Liwego'ati building, but the Minister can correct me if that is not correct. So I thought that it was just last year that primary care moved into that building. Can the Minister explain what improvements are needed already and what -- I mean, I understand we're leasing that building so what is the responsibility of the landlord and what...

Okay, thank you, Mr. Chair. So does HSS now have a contractor willing to operate the treatment centre, or at what stage in the process are they going to ensure that there's an operator in place? Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. I mean, I think I've made my point. It's obviously one small thing but in the bigger scheme of things, I would just point out that we have lots of urgent needs that have safety and liability concerns attached to them that we continually kind of look over because there's just not enough money to repair this thing or repair the roof in the school or, you know, the things that obviously also have major safety and liability issues attached to it, so it's not a matter of whether it's a safety or liability issue, often we're ranking the severity of those things, so I really am...

Thank you, Mr. Chair. I just wanted to ask quite simply, so under the sport, recreation and youth list, there is money for a new SUV for the lottery. Why does the lottery commission need an SUV? Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. So I wasn't quite clear from that response. I wonder if the Minister can clarify, is the GNWT already operating in a unified command or unified incident command structure with the city of Yellowknife, or is this something that it's working towards? Has the Minister committed that in all future emergencies there will be a unified command? Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. So given that there's already been substantial public input on this topic received by the Standing Committee on Government Operations as part of its review of Bill 26, in order to avoid asking people to engage over and over again on the same topic and risk consultation fatigue, will the Minister ensure that staff review the complete public record from the review of Bill 26 to include those materials as they develop the legislation? Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Okay, that answer makes sense to me. I am all for efficiency and amalgamating spaces if it makes sense.

The last question is on the first page, there are three planning studies listed for different health and social services centres, one in Jean Marie, Kakisa, Tsiigehtchic. Can the Minister explain what those studies are planning for? Is it to plan a new health and social services centre or to plan a better use of the existing space, or is it program planning, or what is the planning study? Thank you, Mr. Chair.