Frieda Martselos

So maybe I should go to page 198 then regarding, Madam Chair, community clinics and health centres. The locations like, I'd like to know how much is allocated to the Fort Smith Health Centre? Thank you, Madam Chair.

Mr. Speaker, I move, second by the honourable Member for Nahendeh, that Bill 73, An Act to Amend the Legislative Assembly and Executive Council Act, No. 4, be read for the first time. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Mr. Speaker, can the Minister explain why under the list of excluded emergencies, disaster coverage will not be eligible to people due to an extraordinary event that affected only a single property? Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, can the Minister of MACA explain why under the disaster assistance policy the term "disaster" is narrowly defined to those events that affects a large area or a large number of people from an extraordinary event? Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, for my statement today I am going to talk about the disaster assistance policy under the Department of Municipal and Community Affairs.

Mr. Speaker, last year, the Government of the Northwest Territories completed a comprehensive review of MACA's disaster assistance policy following the flood disasters of 2021. I agreed with this review for a variety of reasons but primarily because the policy was outdated and needed modernizing to account for climate change and the changing nature of natural disasters. I was initially hopeful that this review might address...

I also thank you, Madam Chair. I'd like to also just talk about aftercare and a detox centre. You know, we have I think it's just over a million in aftercare. And it's going to recovery and support communitybased addictions recovery. But we really do not have a proper detox centre and aftercare facility in the Northwest Territories. And with all the things that are happening in this past year and during the COVID and afterwards, I think that, you know, the Northwest Territories really requires an aftercare and detox centre. And I just want to see how how the Minister feels about this whole...

Well I guess, Madam Chair, it is a concern to the advisory council in Fort Smith that they don't get financial monthly reports on exactly where the health centre stands. I mean, if I sat on any board or any kind of even if it was advisory or whatever, I would be very concerned if I did not get monthly financial statements when they have their meetings. And I think that should be should be I'd really appreciate if the department would look and make sure that the people that are sitting around the table have access to these kind this kind of information. They're not going to be sharing it...

My last statement that I want to make is that I'm very happy that the board will be named next week. I look forward to a board of governors for the college. Long overdue. And I will support them in any way I can. Thank you, Madam Chair.

On page 60, where it has the labour development and advanced education active positions, under headquarters and North Slave, which those two should be together. You know, they're always I don't know who separates these but there's 33 positions there, and the rest is 26. So I'm just wondering, you know, you have an increase of four positions in headquarters and another three in North Slave. Can you tell me what those positions are? Thank you, Madam Chair.

I would like to recognize Greg Dunn from Ulu. I became friends with him just by talking to him every day as I was leaving the building and coming in, and I wish him well in the future. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.