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Debates of , 17th Assembly, 3rd Session (day 11)

Thank you, Madam Chair. As indicated by the Minister of the Housing Corporation, Joe Greenland should be ready this summer or towards the end of this summer, for allocation of those units to the elders in Aklavik. Our deputy is working with the president of the Housing Corporation on trying to build or renovate these places and build these places for elders to live in and provide assisted living from our department. We’re prepared to do that in Joe Greenland, so that we support the elders that will be moving in there.

As MLA Blake said, when we use the term long-term care, then we say, well, we...

Debates of , 17th Assembly, 3rd Session (day 11)

Thank you, Madam Chair. I’m going to have the deputy minister try to respond to that. We may not have the information here.

Debates of , 17th Assembly, 3rd Session (day 11)

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. We have a coordinator, one coordinator, and she’s going to be working with each of the communities to put a community wellness plan together. The wellness plan is going to look to the state of the communities at this time and then develop a plan to increase the wellness community by community.

Debates of , 17th Assembly, 3rd Session (day 11)

Yes, for both speech pathology and counselling.

Debates of , 17th Assembly, 3rd Session (day 11)

There were 12 people that attended that treatment. It was only given once in 2004, I believe.

Debates of , 17th Assembly, 3rd Session (day 11)

Thank you, Madam Chair. It is a decrease on the revised, because of the system that we are currently discussing. Last year we had the mains and then we went to a supp and it increased. Now we are back to comparing main to main. It looks like it’s a decrease, but it is actually a slight increase from the mains of last year, but a decrease on the revised mains.

Debates of , 17th Assembly, 3rd Session (day 11)

Yes, I will.

Debates of , 17th Assembly, 3rd Session (day 11)

Thank you, Madam Chair. The Department of Health and Social Services is prepared to go back to the Department of Finance to see if the number can be put into the base so that this doesn’t occur in the future.

Debates of , 17th Assembly, 3rd Session (day 11)

I don’t think that has happened yet.

Debates of , 17th Assembly, 3rd Session (day 11)

Madam Chair, we would agree again to put this item into the base, in consultation with the Financial Management Board.