Thank you, Mr. Chair. As I indicated, we have two positions that have been sunsetted, one in Norman Wells, one in Yellowknife. We’ve got three new positions that have been created, two fulltime, one parttime for the Mental Health Act, and to help us with the implementation of that. Those three positions are in Yellowknife. We have some internal re-allocations. As I indicated, the Beaufort Delta midwifery positions, one parttime, one fulltime, and those are to help with the planning and design of the territorial midwifery program. Those are not in Beaufort Delta. We’ve brought them to...

Thank you, Chair. Mr. Chair, in the new model there are no public administrators with the exception of Hay River until such a time as Hay River comes into the single authority. There are board chairs and there are regional advisory committee members. Those individuals are intended to help us, you know, make sure we’re hearing from the people of the ridings, of the communities, bringing their information forward, helping us tailor programs to fit communities and regions. The chairs of the regional wellness councils are the board of the new authority. I’m answering the Member’s question. I’m not...

Thank you, Mr. Chair. Mr. Chair, we do have the NWT Helpline. It’s available 247 for individuals who are struggling, regardless of where you are in the Northwest Territories.

Mr. Speaker, I wish to table the following two documents entitled Follow-up Letter to Oral Question 122-18(2): Seniors Advocate, and Follow-up Letter to Oral Question 130-18(2): Hay River Family Support Centre. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. We do rely on some historical precedent. I mean, some of the authorities such as the Sahtu, by way of example, are… The wellness council is going to be made up of roughly the same geographical region that the Sahtu health and social services board members were actually on. For areas where there was a question, I did have conversations with some of the leaders in communities to find out what their interests were, where they thought might be most appropriate. In most cases, they deferred to having input into the region or health authority or, sorry, health council that was...

Thank you, Mr. Chair. Mr. Chair, as I’ve indicated, I’m hoping to bring forward legislation for first and second reading during this sitting, at which point it will be in committee’s hands for 120 days, which means the earliest it will be able to be in front of the legislature for third reading would be the fall sitting. If passed, and I stress if passed, then we will have to identify an appropriate implementation date that gives us time to actually change our system so that we can utilize the different fonts that exist within our Official Languages Act, the 11 official languages, so that we...

Thank you, Mr. Chair. Mr. Chair, there are a number of changes. We have two positions that were sunsetted. That’s an environmental health officer in Norman Wells as well as a midwife consultant in Yellowknife. We’ve got some initiatives where we have added some positions: two fulltime, one parttime, for a total of three as a result of the increased funding and changes to the Mental Health Act. We have some internal re-allocations, one fulltime, one parttime within the Beaufort Delta, midwife positions, and we have some reductions as a result of our reductions exercise, strategic human...

Thank you, Mr. Chair. I think the Member described it pretty much exactly right. The department will become a true ministry focused on bigpicture policy, big Ptype initiatives. Anything that is considered operational or will have direct impact on client delivery will become authority. It’s not a matter of shrinking. It’s a matter of aligning it in the appropriate area. Ministry will be smaller. Authority is going to have some additional functions, some things that are currently delivered either at Stanton or in the department, which really should have been operational to begin with.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. Mr. Chair, yes, it falls under this area. You’d find some of it under community mental health and addictions, health promotion and community wellness. It’s certainly within this area.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, the encouragement actually came from the Premier who asked the departments to do everything they could to try to attain last year’s numbers. Ultimately, the hires are the responsibilities of the individual departments. If we do get resumes of individuals with particular skill sets, we will forward to the department if they match the type of work that the department is doing. We’re trying to get the information out there, let the departments know who’s out there, know who’s working, who wants to work for the Government of the Northwest Territories. I do have...