Sheryl Yakeleya

Thank you. Is there support to assist communities to develop a communitybased treatment program? Thank you.

thank you, Mr. Speaker. Will the Minister commit to looking at whether people that are on income assistance but living outside of the boundary, the community boundary, but living the region, are they still eligible for income assistance? And can they go to a client navigator and still get that information and be able to get the assistance from the income assistance worker? Thank you.

Thank you. And thank you to the Minister for that. Mr. Speaker, hypothetically, if an individual is living on the land or living off the grid or in a tent outside the municipal boundary of an NWT community, would such an individual be eligible to receive income assistance? Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Community members raised questions about retrieving records from social media companies throughout a missing persons investigation. Concerns were voiced on accessing records through social media companies that are based in different countries such as in the U.S., and whether that would pose difficulties or if there are policies against accessing accounts or records.

Committee sought information on accessing records through social media, and it was confirmed that information being requested would depend on the social media company, their location, and the extent to which...

Thank you, Mr. Chair. Like my colleagues that talked about, I too would like to see that. I don't want to see the budget deleted or reduced or whatever but would like to see the position moved into one of our regions.

We need kind of like I said before, we need role models in our regions. We need people in our regions that are at a higher status so our young people can look up to them and say, that's what I want to be when I grow up. And we don't have that, and everything is centralized in Yellowknife. It makes it hard for us in the smaller communities. The government needs to help stimulate...

Thank you, Mr. Chair. I really elders in the community have talked to me, and I've been I went to visit some elders when I was campaigning and going to visit them when I go back to Providence to stay, and they talked about having nobody to call after hours when if they don't have family members. So they call the health centre, and the nurse can't leave the building. She cannot leave the well, the nurses are not allowed to leave the building. So they can't even go and assist an elder that fell down. And they have nobody else to call so they call the RCMP. And the RCMP too, they're inundated...

Yes, thank you. And thank you to the Member for that. I apologize for that. The reason that it's hard on me is because I'm it's a close family member. And I went to see him when I was in Edmonton the last time.

So the next thing I have is what policy change can the Minister make so this is the last family that goes through this? Thank you.

I think that would be very useful because I think a lot of times well, it's just my own perspective that there's the thought, but there's just not the know how to develop a plan and get everything in place to ensure that on the maybe year later they have a full program where people can go to and take part in a treatment program. And also look at maybe even staying there for an additional time period after they're finished the treatment program as part of aftercare and then integrate back into the community. I've even thought about using this type of a model for inmates that come out of jails...

Thank you. And the question I have is how is the because there's a rising demand for treatment, addictions treatment. How is the department addressing the rising demand for alcohol addictions treatment program? Thank you.

Thank you. Mr. Speaker, if an individual who is living off the land due to various circumstances, including with the intent to seek sobriety and improve their life for the better, does the Minister agree that such an individual ought to be entitled to some level of social assistance? Thank you.