Alfred Moses

That line item is specifically for the French and it is federal funding. For other Aboriginal languages we do have a line item at the top in the amount of $4.8 million. Our department is also looking at trying to get longer multi-year funding working with the federal government to ensure that it's sustainable funding moving forward, so that's some work that we, as a department, still got to do a little bit of work on.

Yes, we are staying on top of that in terms of what was put out in the court order. We are doing what the final decision was. We are working with the French groups in terms of developing that relationship to move forward in terms of: how do we adjust this? As I mentioned earlier, we are also working with the federal government in terms of trying to get some funding through their heritage plan, so there is a lot of areas that we are working on and trying to get situations addressed, both in Yellowknife and Hay River, and that is the next step.

We can continue to lobby the federal governments on moving forward in terms of the accountability structure and if there's any way we can make it a little bit easier for people that want to access the program. Thank you.

Yes. I think the Member has said it right. It was onetime costs on the information systems, so I don't think we'll be coming back for a supplementary on this one here. Thank you.

Yes, as I mentioned in my Minister's statement earlier today, all programs that daycare and day homes have opportunities to access, we have tried to streamline it all together so it's easier for them to get the programs and with the applications increase the burden of filling out so many applications. Thank you.

I believe our staff regional office has worked really well in the communities. One thing that I did mention here in the House earlier or last week was our employment transition office. It's the first year of the program that the pilot's taken place in and they're out in the communities talking about these kind of programs, as well as getting our residents into employment job opportunities by developing skills and getting the education that they need. The employment transition officer is just going through his first year. We're hearing a lot of great successes on it and we're going to continue...

Yes. It's part of a broader GNWT plan when you look at decentralization. In some cases, we also have to look at office space and resources in the communities as well, but this one was planned within the decentralization.

In terms of that type of work, we need everybody at the table and we need all the information from teachers, from students, in terms of how do we make sure that the students are getting the right education and once again just protecting the wellness of our teaching staff. I’ll refer to my deputy minister, please.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. Yes, we do fund Aboriginal language broadcasting organizations. We're always working with the groups to make sure that whether it's reporting, whether it's getting a budget in place, that we're working together to make sure that the hiccups and issues that have happened in the past are minimized and not looking to happen again in the future.

Just like every other little program and how we're shaping up the department, we are looking at multi-year funding agreements as well, so they don't have to continue to come back and apply on the same funding. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

We also work with NWT Disabilities Council, the disability groups in the communities, to let them know how to get these programs out to residents, persons with disabilities in the communities. I know they do a really great job of advocating. I've done work with them in the past. We also work with our NGOs in the communities, our local governments, Aboriginal governments. I think one of the concerns is the heavy reporting that's required to the federal side of the dollars, so some people might not want to have to fill out all the paperwork and give all the reporting to the federal requirements...