Vince McKay

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I don't know the actual amount, and I can get that for the Member. But we do have a fund available for first responder training that is eligible for communities that apply for it. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. To my left is Gary Brennan, deputy minister, and to my right is Grace Lau-a, a director of community operations.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I've had the honour of working with the sergeant-at-arms, Mr. Floyd Powder, in his role and capacity with the veterans' programs, and he's done some amazing work with that, and I hope -- like I tell people, when you retire it's not really retire; it's a change of careers and you can do whatever you want on our own time. And I hope he continues to do that. I want to thank him for his work here in the Legislative Assembly, and I want to wish him well in his future endeavorers.

I also want to congratulate a good friend of mine, somebody I grew up with in Hay River. When he...

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I would suggest that the community checks with their local fire department to see if it's required or if they want it, and then that their community government reaches out to the regional superintendent in order to get the process going to see if we can get the training or the funds to them. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

I do, please.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. That there would be a lot of detail behind how a community operates their emergency services, if they had one. Depending on the type of service they would have in their community, you know, basically as even as a first-aider, even as a lay responder you would be eligible or trained -- eligible to be trained to use naloxone kits. So depending on the services, depending on accessibility, but just the old quick search of the interweb here I was able to find out that in the Tlicho region there are four spots where you could get naloxone kits through using our wonderful GNWT...

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I wish I had all those employees. At the end of the day, I think we have to realize not all these employees are indeterminate full-time employees that are working -- you know, they're term employees. There's relief workers. So at the end of the day, we don't have those employees to assist with the community right now. Any other questions like that, I guess would have to go to the Minister of Finance. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I know that the regional staff have worked with the community governments on their funding and how they can utilize it; however, at this time it's not our responsibility as a government to go out and look for funding for communities for infrastructure like this. If the government is looking for resources and assistance on maybe what funding could be available, I'm sure the department would be willing or working with the community to look for those funding sources. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Mr. Speaker, the Government of the Northwest Territories has committed to making programs and services more accessible to residents and do better to streamline administrative processes. Today, I am pleased to announce a new initiative that will change the way businesses in the territory obtain their business licenses.

The launch of our new eService program for business licenses is a major step in promoting a business-friendly environment that demonstrates our commitment to supporting the economic growth across the territory. This new eService program is designed to streamline the licensing...

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Municipal and Community Affairs, unfortunately, does not have a lot of staff. And I know that we do have staff available that could potentially assist with the community, so I think it's best if the community reaches out to the regional superintendent so that maybe resources could be found if we have them available. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.