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Debates of , 17th Assembly, 5th Session (day 16)

Thanks for the details there from the Minister and the duplication, apparently. Is there a target date in mind to complete this work?

Debates of , 17th Assembly, 5th Session (day 16)

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. As per my earlier notice, I’d like to table Wise Words, Volume 4, Issue No. 2, January 2014.

Debates of , 17th Assembly, 5th Session (day 16)

For years we’ve heard how we have to bump up our mental health services and resources in order to get that wellness court and now we’re saying no, no, it’s all up to Justice to come up with the bucks for it. It just makes sense to me that the major part needs to be mental health services. So I guess I heard 0.5, a half a person here is what the Minister is committing to this wellness court business at some point in time perhaps. I mean, this is shameful after years of discussions and the passing of motions in this House. When will this mental health and wellness court actually happen on a...

Debates of , 17th Assembly, 5th Session (day 16)

Mr. Chair, I would point out that this is not a new situation. This hasn’t just appeared or anything like that.

Moving on, the health and social services authorities administration I see has made a substantial leap this year from the last two years when it’s been almost identical. I’m wondering: is there a particular reason for that? Does that have to do with maybe the shift of shared services staff or something like that? Is there an obvious and apparent reason for that increase? Thank you.

Debates of , 17th Assembly, 5th Session (day 16)

Mr. Speaker, these people are trying to turn their lives around. They have taken the first steps, but then they find themselves at a dead end.

Could the Minister confirm that the Housing Corporation has integrated its programs with the Transitional Housing programs, and that clients in transitional housing will be prioritized for appropriate public housing above the clients who are homeless who could then be put into transitional housing? Mahsi.

Debates of , 17th Assembly, 5th Session (day 16)

Thank you, Mr. Chair. That’s, frankly, gobbledegook that this Cabinet has the power to move around money and reallocate it. We’ve asked a number of times for the Minister of Finance to give us clarity on where that’s possible from his perspective. So, yes, I think committee members are certainly well aligned with reasonableness with this proposal. They may not agree with it, but totally in line. Mahsi.

Debates of , 17th Assembly, 5th Session (day 15)

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I’d like to recognize Bob Wilson, a long-standing member of the Weledeh riding. Welcome to the House. I’d also like to recognize a couple of hardworking Pages, Linnea Stephenson and Harvey Fells, and thanks to all of the Pages that are serving us here today.

Debates of , 17th Assembly, 5th Session (day 15)

That’s all I have. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Debates of , 17th Assembly, 5th Session (day 15)

Thanks. I’m willing to accept an estimate. We certainly know what the department has increased each year; it’s reported in these big thick documents. So just apply that and compare that to the 2.2 percent with it. That would be good to know.

It’s something obviously we’ve been talking about for a long time. I know we were actively negotiating pushing in the 16th and I’d love to hear that we’re still getting serious with the federal government on this. Thank you.

Debates of , 17th Assembly, 5th Session (day 15)

I believe I heard that this represents 95 percent of the costs, these two figures added together, about $30 million of some costs and we pay the other 5 percent and perhaps that expense is listed in here somewhere. Maybe the Minister can give me a heads-up on where that shows up in our O and M on the other side of the equation here. But I’m assuming that there are other costs beyond these. How and where are they covered?