R.J. Simpson

Thank you. So one of the issues here is that this budget is this budget. In this budget, there is not funds to expand integrated case management to other jurisdictions or other areas in the territory. So I can't speak for what the next government will do so that is why I say there's a plan. Will it happen? I'm not sure. If I was around, I think I might go in a different direction. I can get the deputy minister to expand on the Member's question, though. Thank you.

Thank you. I'd like to hand it to Mr. Bancroft.

$5,314,000.

Thank you. With me, I have deputy minister of the Department of Justice, Charlene Doolittle. As well as James Bancroft, the director of corporate services. Thank you.

Thank you. I'm not sure if we have that broken down by region. If you can just give me one second, I can thanks.

All right, so we don't have it broken down by region. Thank you.

Thank you. The current plan is to look at other demonstration sites that we call ICM; in Yellowknife, a demonstration site. Looking at ways to create demonstration sites in other communities. However, I would say that there are other initiatives that might overtake this and perhaps change that plan going forward. So, yes, there's a plan. I'm not confident that that plan is the actual path forward. And I'm sorry if that's cryptic but this is we are going through, you know, some discussions and some soul searching about what we want to do in terms of integrated service delivery. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. So we rely on the Department of Infrastructure and their technical assessments of schools. As well, we have our schools’ capital planning sorry, capital standards and criteria document to guide capital planning and space requirements. We look at the need for school infrastructure projects, including a new construction, renovations, and upgrading of facilities and equipment. Criteria are used to assess and determine needs while standards describe the amount of space considered adequate to meet those needs. So there's a couple different elements we need to look at the...

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. So that would be the facility condition index rating. And that has increased from .52, I believe the Member said, to .61, which is just a function of its age. This is determined by a database which is managed by the Department of Infrastructure and includes factors in outstanding maintenance required for individual buildings. So if the building needs a lot of work, it will have a higher number. Once that work is done, it could lower the number. Thank you.

Mr. Speaker, I move, seconded by the honourable Member for Inuvik Boot Lake, that Bill 57, Miscellaneous Statute Law Amendment Act, 2022, be read for the third time. And, Mr. Speaker, I request a recorded vote. Thank you.

Mr. Speaker, three years ago I was given a mandate to initiate a review of the income assistance program to ensure its objectives, benefits, and delivery support the social and economic aspirations of the people of the NWT. Since then, the Department of Education, Culture and Employment has put in a considerable amount of time and effort into fulfilling this mandate. Based on the findings of the review, the Department of Education, Culture and Employment is now in the process of finalizing the most significant changes to the income assistance program in a generation. These changes are...