Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Across the Northwest Territories there's essentially three types of tenure. There's community government leasing. I got no problem with those. Community governments can sort out how they want to lease their land. Then there's fee simple title. Never hear any complaints about anyone who owns their house, Mr. Speaker. And then there's the GNWT lease, which to me the main benefit seems to be a miraculous ability to be brought up in every single meeting and immediately derail it. No matter the meeting we're having, someone inevitably starts complaining about a 600 percent...

Thank you, Madam Chair. I feel obligated to ask a couple questions about the $25 million in health spending, and I know the Department of Health and Social Services is just kind of a black hole we have to fund. I'm looking at the $8.4 million increase to standard physician contracts. Can the Minister just elaborate a little bit more of what we're increasing, how much more the doctors are getting paid to increase competitiveness. Thank you.

Thank you, Madam Chair. I see we're moving $1.7 million over to I assume another year for the mineral administration and registry system, also known as MARS. I believe this is the system that will one day hopefully allow us to have online map staking. Can I just get an update in the timing for this project and when we expect to have online map staking in the Northwest Territories? Thank you.

Thank you, Madam Chair. I'd like to introduce Christina Duffy who is a legislative drafter. Thank you.

Thank you, Madam Chair. Madam Chair, I am pleased to speak to Bill 61, An Act to Amend the Ombud Act. The bill proposes changes that derive specifically from the ombud's 20192020 Annual Report and the Standing Committee on Government Operations' review of that report.

The ombud of the Northwest Territories is a new position for this territory. It was only in April of 2019 when our first ombud was appointed. I made the decision to bring forward Bill 61 as a private Member's bill because it is important to listen to the people who are living the realities of the legislation created for this...

Thank you, Madam Chair.

I move that this committee recommends that the Department of Education, Culture and Employment ensure independence and transparency at the merged languages board;

And further, the department should provide a proper framework and resources for the board to fulfill its mandate, including timely appointments when vacancies arise;

And furthermore, the board should disclose meeting agendas, minutes, and other documents of public interest;

And furthermore, the board should also release an annual report that summarizes recommendations to the Minister, the Minister's response...

Thank you, Madam Chair. The Standing Committee on Government Operations has been reviewing the Official Languages Act for approximately three years, having undertaken both a statutory review of the Official Languages Act in early 2020 and now the review of Bill 63, An Act to Amend the Official Languages Act, for the last three months.

Committee provided input to the Minister of Education, Culture and Employment for the development of Bill 63 by providing the Minister with ideas for some of the most straightforward and attainable legislative changes. Committee heard in its review process of the...

Thank you. Last one, $6.79 million for frontline nurses, including agency nurses. Can I just get a bit of a breakdown what this is, whether it's related to yeah, a breakdown of what this is getting us. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Committee was disappointed that Bill 63 did not update colonial terms used in the law like "North Slavey" and "South Slavey." The Minister said that language communities did not agree on new terms, so the terms stayed the same. Committee shares the Minister's hope that the terms can be changed during the next review. Committee therefore recommends:

Thank you. So, yeah, more people have cancer, and more people the drugs are more expensive. Can someone tell me what the total is for funding for chemotherapy drugs; how much the total is? Thank you.