Kate Reid

Thank you, Mr. Chair. And when might a draft outline of process conventions be available for a review by this House? Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Mr. Speaker, I'd like to recognize several visitors in the gallery who are part of the Family Violence Shelter Network. As mentioned, Hawa Dumbuya-Sesay, who is the executive director of YWCA-NWT; Sherri Tambour, program manager, Hay River Family Support Centre; Donna Rogers, executive director, Inuvik Transition House Society; Terry Esogak, a shelter worker, Inuvik Transition House Society; Sandra Elias, Aimayunga Women's Shelter, Tuktoyaktuk; Brenda T'seleie-Pierrot, safe home coordinator, Fort Good Hope with the YWCA; and, Amy Fraser, victim services coordinator and safe home lead from...

Thank you, Mr. Chair. This is a very perhaps silly question but on page 37 of the mains, the fees and payments line under expenditure category has gone up since 2023-2024. Can the -- and I've looked throughout the various functions of BC, and it seems to be going up through most of them. So can the Minister explain what fees and payments going up means? Thank you.

Thank you, Madam Chair. And, yeah, I would appreciate that breakdown. I just want to highlight it because it is something that's very near and a dear to a lot of my constituents, became very important obviously, as the deputy minister mentioned, during COVID but we also have other novel illnesses -- or I guess maybe not novel illnesses but other airborne illnesses that are causing alarm bells in North America right now, so making sure that we have tracking capacity is really paramount to a lot of my constituents. So I'm happy that that's continuing in Yellowknife.

Can the Minister please speak...

Thank you, Madam Chair. Can the Minister please explain the $782,000, what does that support. Thank you.

Thank you, Madam Chair. So thank you for that explanation. And as the Minister knows, and I think all Members in this House know at this point, we do have the NWT Shelter Network asking for reinstatement of some funding, a pretty minimal amount of funding, but maybe the Minister could speak to why that funding is no longer in this budget. Thank you.

Thank you, Madam Chair. Yeah, just wanted to have that info out in the public as it is a question I get. Thank you. Nothing further.

Thank you, Madam Chair. And I'm sorry, I have a lot of paper here, please forgive me. So my question is can -- I think underneath this function is listed information services on page 199. So my question would be, to the Minister, if she can provide a status update on the electronic medical records program, what the timeline for completion is. And I'll stop there and follow up with the rest of my time. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. And, you know, it's already at the barn door, you can't close it in the past; I understand that. So what sort of forensic audit did the department do to try and seek out those records and indeed how did they cooperate with the OAG? Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. And thank you for that. And I think graphic representations of conversations is a fantastic way to bring everybody in. But, you know, the other big theme I heard, and I know the Minister saw that, was that, you know, especially from youth, there's a lot of climate anxiety right now. So can the Minister explain what bold action he wants to see in his action plan that will address the concerns he's heard especially of our youth. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.