Caitlin Cleveland

Mr. Speaker, we sit on this side of the House when we go through budgets and we ask these questions about what budget do you need in order to operate a housing corporation? What budgets do you need in order to be able to do the minor and major repairs of public housing so that you can deliver safe housing to northern residents? So I'm perplexed as to why the Minister cannot tell me how much she is underfunded in order to be responsible to her mandate. And it's frustrating to me because on this side of the House, we keep saying to Housing, what do you need; what do you need? And so I'm still...

Thank you very much, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I'm wondering what kind of a timeline Health is working with so that we don't risk losing these LPNs to other jurisdictions who might be already waiting with a job offer somewhere? Thank you.

Thank you very much, Madam Chair. And I was hoping to get to three other things, but I might send some questions to colleagues if they're willing to sneak them in because I think that's going to take the rest of my time. But it's youth in care that have come to us and have said this. And sorry, youth who have also aged out of care who have come to us and have said this. And, you know, I was sent an email recently by a parent that was originated from a youth care counsellor because youth care counsellors are very much overtaxed in the territory right now, and so they don't always have the time...

Thank you very much, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, we're just a few short months away from having another class of Aurora College nursing graduates. And so I'm wondering if the Minister of Health and Social Services can tell us how many students she is expecting to graduate from Aurora College nursing program this year? Or how many sorry, how many are currently enrolled and may graduate I should probably ask. Thank you.

Thank you very much, Madam Chair. No, and I appreciate that. So the reason I'm bringing up youth aging out of care and how much of that breakdown, so if the $40 million was dedicated towards youth aging out of care, is when we went out and spoke with youth, there was a lot of confusion about what youth were entitled to, what they could apply for and ask for services when they are aging out of care, whether or not it was kind of an, you know, one and done as soon as they become of age. And so I'm wondering if there is a breakdown of how much of that actually goes to youth who are aging out of...

Thank you very much, Madam Chair. Madam Chair, does the Minister have a breakdown of the percent or amount within this $44 million that serves youth aging out of care? That might be a little bit too specific for here today but if possible, I'm wondering if the Minister does have that breakdown. Thank you.

Yeah, thank you very much, Madam Chair. And this is not a comment only directed at the health minister but I think all Ministers, is I think we really need to have a better idea of what supports Jordan's Principle is applying to the GNWT because I think that it is far greater than any of us actually realizes. And my concern is if those supports disappear, we will be really struggling in our territory. So I think it's important that we have an idea of what that dollar figure is. Thank you, Madam Chair.

Thank you very much for that, Madam Chair. That was a very helpful differentiation.

I'm wondering if the Minister can let us know how many youth in care that this $44 million serves and how many youth it serves who are under voluntary service agreement, just for numbers purposes. Thank you.

Thank you very much, Madam Chair. Madam Chair, I wanted to ask some questions about the medical travel benefits. This is something that I know has come up quite a bit over the course of the term, and my understanding is this is quite common. And the focus of the questions largely have been around the amount that is offered to residents when it comes to medical travel, especially with the sorry, in especially in relation to per diems for the cost for food and the cost for accommodations.

One of the issues that has come up and was highlighted was specific to the or the additional cost of...

Thank you very much, Madam Chair. Madam Chair, I'm seeing that there is a decrease a small decrease but still a decrease in funding to child and family services. And I'm wondering if the Minister can speak to why we're seeing a slight decrease here and what's fuelling that? Thank you.