Thank you, Mr. Chair. And I do think the public administrator has his work cut out for him in terms of sorting through the budgets if there's a lot of -- I'm sure there's way more things in there but, you know, that have certainly been done but unfunded, and there's sort of money shifting around. Without even changing service levels or what we're doing, there's already lots of shifting around of numbers in these budgets.

Okay. The only other sort of main topic I wanted to ask about, in terms of community clinics and health centres, can the Minister tell us how many communities do we have in the...

Thank you, Mr. Chair. I just wanted to follow up on the question I was starting to ask about detox.

So can the Minister clarify whether the funding that we have for detox, is it all federally funded, or do we put some of our own money into detox services? Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. That is good news; it's good to hear. I think there is opportunity to save a lot of costs in that area by allowing more flexibility and allowing people to just sort of do it themselves, not just the cost of flight which might -- people might be able to find a better deal but, you know, when the system is so bogged down and people find out, like, less than 24 hours ahead of time that they're going to travel, and you inevitably end up having people miss flights and miss appointments, and then there's even more costs piled on top of -- for having to rebook. And so, I mean, I...

Yeah, thanks for that. I mean, I guess what I was getting at was are we expecting to save money at the end of the day by sorting out some of the roles and responsibilities? Are we expecting to have more effective responses, for example, to outbreaks of certain contagious infections or diseases and can we set some indicators that can show that we will have improvements in, like, how quickly we can contain, you know, contagious outbreaks of something or other, or get test kits to communities, or are we going to be saving money? Are any of those things included in the indicators of monitoring...

Thank you, Mr. Chair. And thanks to the Minister for that. That is great to hear that we are better supporting facilities or on-the-land programs closer to home that we can offer to people instead of having to go away for facility-based addictions treatment. I know for some people that might be the best thing, but for others it might not be.

I would love if we could sort of monitor this over time given that one of the priorities of the Assembly is addressing the effects of trauma and addressing addictions in better ways. So I know that it's -- a lot of these programs are offered by partners...

Okay, And just to clarify, the idea is that population and public health will continue to straddle HSS and the health authorities or that it will be transferred entirely to the health authority? I understand that roles and responsibilities need to get sorted out, but is the intention that those roles and responsibilities will continue to straddle the two? Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. So on page 215, our facility-based addictions treatment, it looks like the number for 2023-2024 was about $5.3 million, and then last year, about $3 million was spent, and then the exact same number was estimated for this year. Is this number -- does it fluctuate based on demand, or do we just have a set amount that we can allocate to this and, you know, we can't offer any more if there's more demand for facility-based addictions treatment. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Okay, thank you, Mr. Chair. I had a question about the line item community, culture and innovation. So there is a significant drop in that budget. It's about half of what it was the last two years. Can the Minister explain why the drastic reduction in that line item. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Okay, thanks to the Minister for that explanation.

Next I'm wondering what is happening -- if she can similarly explain what's happened with minority language education and instruction. Again, I understand that the amount for this year is the same as last year but, again, there was a reduction from the previous year, so I'm just wondering where that program is at. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Sorry, thank you, Mr. Chair. I'm not used to seeing so many pages together in a package.

Okay. I see that that was funded by Health Canada in 2023-2024, so -- the description's on page 208 there, and then -- but there was no funding for last year, and there's no funding indicated for this year. Is that a program that we have tried to renew from Health Canada? Are we seeking more federal funding for this kind of initiative? Thank you, Mr. Chair.