Thank you, Madam Chair. Having money from the Northern Wellness Fund doesn't preclude organizations and governments from applying for things such as on-the-land healing program, the peer support program we just announced, the suicide prevention program we just announced, and the healthy choices fund that we've talked about. If you get the one pot of money, it doesn't mean you can't apply for the other pots of money. Thank you.

Yes. Thank you. COVID did have an impact on the number of people who sought facility-based treatment in the South. The number, if I recall correctly, is down by about two-thirds. These are, of course, estimates. The actuals may be different. The spending actually varies according to the demand, and we know that there was less demand this year because of COVID. Thank you.

What I understood is that the question is whether the GNWT meets with Indigenous Services Canada to talk about NIHB? Is that the question? Yes.

I'm not clear whether we can make this commitment or not, so I will ask Mr. Elkin to answer the question. Thank you.

Thank you, Madam Chair. We, as a department, fund a lot of different kinds of wellness initiatives like the healthy choices fund, which was just announced today for applications. With respect to this specific federally funded pot of money on wellness, I'll ask the deputy minister if he could provide some more detail. Thank you.

The development of the federal law was led, obviously, by the federal government, and they were assisted by the Assembly of First Nations. I know at least one person from the Member's region who participated in the development of this law by travelling to Ottawa and discussing it. The implementation of this law is being funded by the federal government. They have a pot of money, which, if I recall correctly, is around $450 million to spend with Indigenous governments to get involved in this process and build capacity to take over Child and Family Services. I just want to reiterate: we want...

Thank you. I'll refer that to the assistant deputy minister, please.

Thank you, Madam Chair. I'd like to refer the question to Mr. Elkin.

Thank you. This is an area of great interest and effort on the part of the department. I will ask the deputy minister to speak to those negotiations that are ongoing. Thank you.

We received notice from one Indigenous government approximately a year ago that they were interested in beginning negotiations. We received notice from a second Indigenous government about a month ago. Neither of these conversations have reached the stage that the Member is talking about here, where we are negotiating a tripartite agreement. What we have done proactively as a department is adopted two new practice standards based on the federal act so that all children and families in the NWT have the benefit of these provisions, even before these agreements are put into place.

The first new...