Julie Green

Thank you, Madam Speaker. On January 1st this year, a new and unprecedented piece of federal legislation came into effect. Canada is now legislating Indigenous child welfare in an area that is a provincial and territorial responsibility. The purpose of An Act Respecting First Nations, Inuit and Metis Children, Youth and Families is to recognize the inherent right Indigenous people have over child and family services and to set national standards in this area. In short, Indigenous children should grow up with their families, immersed in their culture and language.

Madam Speaker, I am going to...

Thank you. I appreciate that answer, and I look forward to seeing the roll-out plan for fall of this year. When this money on offender reintegration is being spent, is any of it being spent on lining up housing for people who are coming out of the therapeutic community? Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. I see that new in the last budget was offender reintegration line. Could the Minister just elaborate on this? Apparently, it's to do with the therapeutic community, but I wasn't aware that the therapeutic community had started operating yet. Could she explain? Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. I'm wondering what efforts are made to promote this program to the potential client group, or whether the registrations now come through mandated appearances via the courts. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. As a Member of the 18th Assembly, I spent many hours talking about the A New Day program in this Chamber. I recognize that it was reformatted a while ago to be what it is today and it's difficult to look at a long-term comparison, but how about the 2018-2019 year? How many people registered and how many people finished? Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. Thank you to the Minister for that. Can the Minister tell us whether there has ever been review of the emergency protection orders or whether one is planned to determine how effective they are and how they can be made more effective? Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. Nothing further.

Thank you, Madam Speaker. Thank you to the Minister for that answer. One of the things this means for the NWT, and for all provinces and territories, is that Indigenous government organizations have an opportunity to become responsible for child and family services in their own jurisdictions. What role does the Minister see the GNWT having with respect to helping Indigenous government organizations take on this responsibility? Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. I have one more question, and that is about recalculation efforts. We passed some legislation in the last Assembly about recalculation, making it a simpler process. Can the Minister tell us whether that is now in effect or, if not, when it will come into effect? Thank you.

My more specific question is: whether the order in which children will be placed, if they are taken into care, is that exactly the same order that exists in our Child and Family Services Act?