Lesa Semmler

Thank you, Mr. Chair. I'm unsure as to what the ask is. I get what I understand what bereavement means but I'm I know that we have we have support where we assist families when you know, when we have burials and things like that. And we do have programs for that. So I'm not sure what the exact ask is or the question is. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. At this time right now, what we have in the budget for and in our business plan is to have these two programs, one in Yellowknife and one in Inuvik, as it is a partnership with an NGO and health, infrastructure, and housing. And so right now where we're at is getting these two up and running and hopefully to have that and, you know, and, I mean, if there's a way to be able to work with Indigenous governments and with other partners, if there's federal dollars that we can access that we could try to bring more of those facilities in the territory, you know, I fully...

Thank you, Mr. Chair. Mr. Chair, the medical travel policy and I hear the Member, you know. And if people leave the territory on their own for whatever reason and it's not through being sent out for a medical through medical travel for access to an appointment or surgery or services, then this program doesn't apply to those people. So any residents or any people that are travelling out of territory, that's why I was saying in the House it's very important that you know what your coverage is, and I was saying some people have credit cards. And I hear the Member, you know, and I'm sure she'll...

Thank you, Mr. Chair. In this section, there is the out of territory use facilities but in the previous section, there was the community wellness and addiction recovery fund that is that fund that's been amalgamated to incorporate all of the old there was two or three different pots of funding. So it streamlines the process so that access to communities can access it if it's for addictions, it's aftercare, it's mental wellness, they can access through that program. And I think Indigenous communities can access up to a certain like up to $200,000, I believe, per year. And regional...

Thank you, Mr. Chair. You know, I hear the Member, and I'm you know, my thoughts and prayers go out to the family and her community and, you know, her constituents. You know, this is these decisions and some of the things with medical travel and this is why there's this is the hard part of this, you know, is that there's only so much money in the territory, and we want to do everything for everybody. But we as a government can't operate on single individual cases case by case. You know, and I hear the Member and I understand the concerns. You know, there's but at this time, that's why we...

Thank you, Mr. Chair. Mr. Chair, we have this is the work that's been done on the access to out of territory treatment addictions are the request of some people in the territory. So we have to ensure that we have those facilities and we have contracts with those facilities. We have one Indigenous facility that we have a contract with right now. And I know that within the Northwest Territories, what we're trying to do is we're working with you know, providing funding for Indigenous governments to be able to and we've heard them loud and clear, that they want to be able to run ontheland...

Thank you, Mr. Chair. Mr. Chair, this is all by estimates because we don't know what the 2200 people because they haven't fell within a specific disease, so we don't know what their needs are. They may have high costs in pharmacare or medical supplies that they require but they haven't fallen under one of the specific diseases. And so these individuals, you know, we don't know until we actually get them to start applying to the program because until then, you know, that's where we're at, and so there's in the presentation, and I know that when we were in the briefing, and there's it could...

Yes, thank you, Mr. Chair. Mr. Chair, I know that we do we do review, and as I mentioned the last time we do reviews on all of the clients that are out of territory and in each individual reviewing, if there is a possibility in bringing those individuals back. However, what the Member is also speaking to is, you know, respite. And in our longterm care, there are beds that are allocated as respite beds. And I know sometimes families get to the point where, you know, they're exhausted or, you know, they may be leaving for an emergency or having to leave town and, you know, have no other place...

I am just wondering where we are in the budget. Like we've approved all and not approved some sections. Are we back at the front? Is it general comments on the overall budget? Departmental overview, is it we're bouncing all over the place, so.

I'll pass that to the ADM.