Thank you, Mr. Chair. Mr. Chair, I feel that Building Stronger Families is moving in the exact direction the Member is referencing. We have done the analysis, and in the Northwest Territories there are more children and families accessing services as a result of neglect, which may be related to struggles families are having around things like poverty or other issues like addictions. We know that residential schools and colonization have had a huge impact on residents of the Northwest Territories and some of them are struggling in this area.

Through structured decision-making, we are looking at...

Thank you, Mr. Chair. Just for the record, the two aren't related. They are for different reasons. There are some forced growth costs in longterm care to help us deal with the fact that we are running two extended longterm care units in Hay River until we get the new Woodland built.

The drop in the medical and surgical nursing, you don't always know why something ends up in a particular line, but the reason this one is going down is, now that we have moved to a single authority  I know this is going to sound weird, being the medical and surgical nursing section, but we have been able to avoid...

Thank you, Mr. Chair. Language limitations, unilingual people, that is one of the criteria for an escort, a non-medical escort when needed. If an individual is unilingual or has some limited capacity, they're certainly eligible for one. From time to time, I have heard of individual situations where somebody who met that criteria was not approved an escort. We do have an appeal mechanism now that was not available to us before, so they can challenge the decisions of medical travel staff if they feel that they have not been properly assessed. We just continually need to hammer, and hammer, and...

Thank you, Mr. Chair. It is early days for the individual regional wellness councils across the Northwest Territories, and we have been focusing on training them on different programs, services, their role. As time rolls out, we will be providing them with briefings on all the different files that are under their jurisdiction or under their purview, and they will certainly be encouraged to distribute information but also provide feedback and input on how to customize or modify.

Can I say that they have had a presentation on this particular topic in the Deh Cho? No, I can't say that at this...

Thank you, Mr. Chair. Mr. Chair, on my left is Jeannie Mathison, the director of Finance, on my right, Debbie DeLancey, deputy minister of Health and Social Services.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. Mr. Chair, pretty much every province and territory that I have had discussions with is looking and interested in a national pharmacare. We have had some discussions in the previous government, and I was given the authority to participate in those discussions in the previous government. I have not asked this government if I can continue; I just have. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. I think we are agreeing. I think we need to look at it all, and think about the clients. With the health system moving to a single authority, one of the things that we've been very clear and consistent on is this is about client care. Our system needs to be client-focused and client-driven. Are we there? No, no. No, we are not. Can we get there? Yes, yes. Yes, we can. Do we have a lot of work to do? Yes. I think we have all heard frustrations people have had with medical travel, and clearly, we have got to be focused on trying to make sure that the experience is not...

Thank you, Mr. Chair. Mr. Chair, it's my intention that that would be included in the reconciliation I've already committed to provided committee on how the dollars in that area are spent.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. Mr. Chair, the agreements haven't been signed. They're not recognized in this budget. Once they've been signed and we actually know what's going to be allocated on a fiscal year basis we'll be able to update probably by way of a supp in the future. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, to you and through you I'd like to recognize a resident of the Great Slave riding as well as a delegate of the Daughters of the Vote initiative. Ms. Nha Ly, thank you so much for being here today. Thank you.