Julie Green

Thank you, Madam Chair. There is no dashboard available that is equivalent to the kind that was maintained during COVID. But there is interest in launching one. Thank you.

Yes, thank you. The point of this page is for Indigenous governments and their partners to come up with programming for their communities. So if a community wanted to offer programming that was specifically targeted to men and their mental health needs, then that's something that they could apply for. There's no reason not to. These programs are not genderbased. They are communitybased. And so it's up to the community to decide what its priorities are. Thank you.

Thank you, Madam Chair. Madam Chair, we'll have to return to the Member with that information.

Thank you, Madam Chair. The deputy minister will have the detail.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, the Department of Health and Social Services doesn't license medical professionals who are nurses. They are licensed by the Registered Nurses Association of the Northwest Territories and Nunavut. And each graduating nurse would work with that entity to ensure they submit the necessary documents to be licensed in the NWT, whatever duration, whether they plan to be here on a temporary basis or fulltime. So once they're licensed, they would be eligible for employment and to compete on longterm employment and competitions within the GNWT because they would be...

Thank you, Madam Chair. Madam Chair, I don't see that as practical. There is regional administration of the different health and social services authority, like the Tlicho Community Services Agency. But the department provides overall direction here in Yellowknife. I am not clear how it would work to have a few people in another location. Did you want to add on? The deputy minister would like to add on, please.

Yes, thank you. So the bed availability, that would be subject to triage like all of the health services. So if you have somebody detoxing from alcohol, that's a life and death situation. So the triage there, the triage score would be high versus somebody who would not be feeling the same effects of withdrawal.

I think that providing people with choices is the most important thing. When I toured the treatment centres in 2018, I came away having met people who were happy to be away from their community, their triggers, their you know, their colleagues who were kind of partners in misery. So I...

Yes, thank you. There's a segment of our budget called longterm and continuing care services that will be discussed later on that will include Stanton Legacy information.

Yes, thank you. If there was that kind of a person, I would suggest they apply to the United Way to obtain funding to deliver their service. I'll just say again that this is prioritized to Indigenous governments and Indigenous governments in partnership with community organizations. So they have a lot of leeway in deciding who they hire, what kind of services they want to offer with the pot of money, where they're going to offer them and so on. So it may be that if there's a person who's interested in working with an Indigenous government, they could find a way in that way. Thank you.

Yes, thank you, Madam Chair. Madam Chair, the Department of Infrastructure is in charge of the building and the renovation at this point. So any deficiencies or need to address deficiencies would be questions for them. We're the end user. So we get the keys, and at that point we sincerely hope it is trouble free.