Shauna Morgan

Thank you, Mr. Chair. So I don't recall, but maybe the Minister can remind us, in this past year what extreme weather events or unusual weather events the Yellowknife airport has experienced versus other years. I know every year there's various kinds of challenging weather but is there something different that happened this past year, or what do we -- do we expect the cost of dealing with weather to just continue for every year hereafter? Like, what different happened in terms of weather in this past year? Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. So given that we're getting more and more information about problems that we're seeing in schools, has any funding for this been included in the mains for 2026-2027, anticipating that we will continue to be needing to address both testing and remediation in school drinking water systems over the coming year? Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. So my understanding was that the previous monitoring and management plans for barren-ground caribou were being evaluated, you know, for how effective they were or what should be done in terms of new management and monitoring plans going forward. Has there been a report yet in terms of what is the conclusion of the evaluation of those previous monitoring and management plans, or what can we expect? Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Mr. Speaker, in health care we've heard that the Minister's top priority is cultural safety and anti-racism, along with the small community model of care and medical travel. I've read two reports produced last year that were supposed to lay out a roadmap towards cultural safety in our healthcare system, honouring the voices of Indigenous peoples and the equitable access report. There's a lot of important feedback and ideas in there from Indigenous patients and families and the patient advocates who try to help.

My challenge for the Minister is to ask, do any of those steps towards cultural...

Thank you, Mr. Chair. I am sure this will be the subject of some in-depth conversations to come, but I will leave it there for now. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. Can the Minister at least tell us when was the cutoff for this total expenditures in that, you know, we've continued to see each week, up until very recently, new schools come to the forefront in terms of flags being raised that that there are lead problems there. So are these expenditures, like, up to last December? Up to January? Up to yesterday? You know, how -- yeah, up until when does this $529,000 cover? Thank you, Mr. Chair.

I will leave it there for now. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. So this year, once again, we're seeing a major deficit projected for marine transportation services. But in 2025, my understanding was that there were no cancellations on -- in terms of the barge season and that they were able to run a full season. So can the Minister explain why for 2025, in particular, they're still running a $10.3 million deficit. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. So we're looking at $529,000 here for costs associated with the lead testing program in school drinking water systems, including remediation and providing alternative sources. Can the Minister tell us how many schools are covered by this expenditure as we have continued to see each month --

Thank you, Mr. Chair, and thanks to the Minister. That is helpful to know.

I just finally wanted to touch on transboundary waters. In the last fiscal year, there was a bit of a jump or a spike in spending, both for the Alberta-Northwest Territories transboundary waters and the Yukon-NWT transboundary waters, and it looks like this year we're back to the sort of standard baseline of what we're spending. Can the Minister explain what was accomplished on transboundary water issues last fiscal year to -- in terms of what extra money was spent and why. Thank you, Mr. Chair.