Katrina Nokleby

Thank you, Madam Speaker. Madam Speaker, on Feb 7th the CBC reported that Alberta psychiatrists are raising the alarm that the ongoing mental health crisis amongst children and youth has evolved into a fullblown mental health emergency. These experts are calling on the provincial government to provide a significant increase in funding for additional child and youth mental healthcare services, as COVID19 mandates, including isolation requirements, have exacerbated an already precarious situation.

Alberta Children's Hospital has seen a 200 percent increase in mental healthrelated emergency room...

Thank you, Mr. Chair. And Mr. Chair, does the department anticipate that that maybe needs to change or evolve, or do they see that as working going forward? I guess sometimes I get a little bit concerned that there's a lot of whereas that we do want to breakdown the silos but there's a lot of times where, like, I hear, like, that ADMs or the deputy ministers are having all these committees and then it makes me wonder if they're just having a lot of committee meetings and, you know, like maybe they're being overwhelmed in that and maybe the right people aren't. So I guess I'm just curious to...

I just want to say I appreciate the Minister and deputy minister's patience, as you can understand that from this side we definitely want you to be asking for that money to be paid for by the federal government regardless, you know, if we do end up doing the remediation work ourselves. Some of it seems like it's their stalling that has let the mine to get to that state for so long. So I feel like we should hold them accountable. And again, just a comment. So thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. Without incriminating myself, I may have had a time or an opportunity; I've looked around the Ptarmigan Mine despite some "no trespassing" signs there. So I'm just curious to know if we're verging on to somewhat of an emergent situation at Ptarmigan? I know that there are issues with a head frame and probably likely stability and such of some of the buildings. I'm not sure if there's an open raise or shaft there. I see my colleague nodding his head yes. So what point would we get to where it becomes a hazard to the point where we have to do something ahead of that...

Thank you, Mr. Chair. Mr. Chair, I just wanted to ask a bit of a question for more detail on the dust suppressant that the deputy minister mentioned. I'm just curious to know is this for the tailings that's adjacent to the roadway and which type of dust suppressant are they looking at? Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. So I guess just further along about the disaster compensation program, do we anticipate that there's going to be a lot of claims this year coming from the flooding that happened around in the Deh Cho last year? Are we prepared for that, or are we going to see more issues? Are we going to be back looking for more money later? Thank you.

Thank you, Madam Speaker. That's good to know that the families can also access the youth counsellors; it's not just for children.

My next question is does the Department of Health record statistics for children on overdose, suicide attempts, mental health assistance, medivacs, etcetera? If Ontario can provide us with the statistics that one in five children are having mental health problems, where are those statistics for the NWT? How many children are in our mental health system and how is their progress tracked and recorded? Thank you.

Thank you, Madam Speaker. Madam Speaker, my questions are for the Minister of Health and Social Services.

In the 2017 Child and Youth Mental Wellness Action Plan 20172022, HSS identifies numerous actions in several departments that were to have been implemented to improve the situation for young people. As it's now 2022, can the Minister please provide an update on the plan such as what has been completed, how have the outcomes been measured, and will there be a report and update coming? Thank you, Madam Speaker.

I'm good. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. Can the Minister of the department comment on how the climate workers, I guess for lack of a better word sorry, brain dead how their work interacts with the other departments and how they are working to help, like, inform; they've got the expertise in your department, and I know that needs to be interconnected to others, such as at Infrastructure where maybe they only have one of those types of employees. So yes, how can they can the Minister speak a little bit to that interaction and how they help and if they need more resources in order to help inform other...