Caitlin Cleveland

I'm wondering if the Minister could be -- pardon me, if the Member can be more specific or direct about what they would like to get to here. Thank you.

Thank you very much, Madam Chair. Madam Chair, to my left, I have James Fulford who is the deputy minister of education, culture and employment. And on my left, I have the assistant deputy minister of labour and income support who is Nicole Beauchamp.

Thank you very much, Madam Chair. No, it does not exist in policy. Thank you.

Thank you very much, Madam Chair. So, Madam Chair, that was part of our fiscal sustainability reductions. And so what we were able to do is -- and that was last year's reductions that were already done in the previous main estimates. But what we were able to do was look at programs that were historically undersubscribed and trim off the top of them. But we continue to make investments into, for example, our mentorship apprenticeship program that saw 37 pairs this year. We continue to make investments, for example, in our education instructor -- languages instructor program that is in schools...

Thank you very much. It comes out of Finance.

Thank you very much, Madam Chair. Madam Chair, as long as there's no issue with confidentiality in regards to the federal letter, then I'm certainly happy to provide it but I would certainly need to respect the federal government as well. Thank you.

Thank you very much. So they do submit an operating budget annually. They -- for example, if they need new funding above and beyond where they're at for new programming, like, for example, we've talked about, you know, the Indigenous languages diploma, new funding would have to go through the FMB process within the GNWT. And I'll stop there, Madam Chair. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I wish to table the following document: Government of the Northwest Territories Response to Committee Report 13-20(1), Report on the Review of the 2023-2024 Annual Report of the Northwest Territories Official Languages Commissioner. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you, Madam Chair. It was not a commitment made on the floor of the House. It was a commitment made to the people who put their applications in because they had applied before the deadline last year and so wanted to honour the fact that they had done that. And I think at the end of the day, it's important to reflect on the fact that no matter how this program rolls out, there are always going to be people that are disappointed and incredibly emotional about this. There are people who are in situations where they're looking for certainty as far as family reunification. There are people who...

Thank you very much, Madam Chair. So, Madam Chair, the -- sorry, I'm just going to pull it up here. Thank you.

So what we saw in the 2024-2025 Main Estimates and the big reason for the decrease is tied directly to fiscal sustainability reductions. So we had a reduction in travel for the official languages board specifically. In addition to that, we saw reduction in the contributions to Indigenous communications societies as well as a reduction on travel for a regional linguistic position. And then we also saw a reduction in the funding afforded for translator training. And then in addition to...