Lesa Semmler

Thank you, Madam Chair. I'll have the ADM Mathison break down where that change is. Thank you, Madam Chair.

Can I pass that on to the deputy minister, please. Thank you, Madam Chair.

Thank you, Madam Chair. Madam Chair, as the negotiations go through the collective agreement bargaining, we follow whatever the agreement is after that, you know -- we cannot bargain additionally outside that collective agreement. Thank you.

Thank you, Madam Chair. With that detail, I'll pass it on to the deputy minister.

Thank you, Madam Chair. Madam Chair, this funding reduction was done as the shelter networks use this fund -- the amount that's allocated that was reduced was for bringing people, you know, from the -- like, the staff from the shelters into Yellowknife to do training. This past year, my understanding is that the online training has been completed now and so that those staff within all of the regions now could do the training that they -- this training through virtual means. Thank you, Madam Chair.

Yes, that is correct.

Thank you, Madam Chair. So the direction that the child and family services is going in is -- it's kind of set into seven priorities:

To serve children, youth, families, so working collaboratively with Indigenous governments and organizations;

Care rooted in Indigenous practices;

Support to care providers and caregivers;

Strengthen youth supports and transition to adulthood;

Specialized services closer to home;

Strengthening human resource recruitment and

Retention efforts for an inclusive and representative workforce; and,

Reducing administrative demands for increased opportunities to connect with...

I will pass that on to ADM Mathison to try to explain.

Thank you, Madam Chair. I believe the electronic medical records would be under capital as it is an infrastructure project.

Thank you, Madam Chair. Madam Chair, this year we're hoping that because of the negotiated contract with the labour market supplement that applies now to child and family services workers, and there's different areas in that. I don't have the collective agreement in front of me to all of the different parts of child and family services. But that would -- you know, I would hope that that would help to encourage that. I know that within the department, it is a challenging department and, you know -- and I think that working, you know -- many people working in that area, it is a difficult area...