Shauna Morgan

Thank you, Mr. Chair. Okay, so my question is about the substance use addictions program - health outreach and harm reduction program. It looks like there was funding from Health Canada two years ago? The last funding I see here is from 2023-2024, and to support street involved individuals in the NWT, improve access to supports for vulnerable -- we're not -- oh, I'm on page 208. Oh, we skipped right over grants, contributions and transfers? Okay, I guess I'm not allowed to go back?

Fair enough. Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I do look forward to the answer on that, actually.

And with regard to plan of care agreements, they're listed as a preventative measure and yet they're increasingly used to remove children temporarily from their homes, but that can be for up to two years. So what is the Minister doing to ensure that there is proper oversight and proper legal protections for children and their families who are subject to plan of care agreements? Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Okay, thank you for that. And we can follow up further at a later time about that program.

But I also wanted to talk about the line item for the teachers' association, NWTTA professional improvement. Looks like there's a tiny decrease in that, and I wondered if the Minister can explain whether there have been any reductions related to NWTTA professional development or improvement? Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Okay, thank you, Mr. Chair. I'll have to follow up with the Minister later to dig into that. And just finally, switching to a different topic.

So it was mentioned a few minutes ago that some of the health -- or NTHSSA's deficit has now been allocated to some of the items on this list to help relieve some of the deficit from the health authority. How is it decided what costs end up under the health authority's budget versus what ends up under this budget; can they just transfer all their deficit to this budget and then be done with it? We solved our deficit. Like, or what are the criteria that...

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I also just wanted to acknowledge one of our pages who is from Yellowknife North, Jackson Gorman, and he's also my neighbour, so I'll just embarrass him once again. But thanks to all the pages for all your hard work this week.

Okay, thank you for that explanation. That is helpful. That's all I have for this item. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. And can the Minister clarify, for those with alcohol dependency, who may be in the hospital for other reasons, who are not ready or wanting to detox -- I think we had in the past, but do we still currently offer some kind of managed alcohol program to inpatients in the hospital who need, you know, to avoid, you know, withdrawal systems that could be even more harmful to their health? Do we have a managed alcohol program for those patients who are not in a position to detox? Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I want to express my concern today about the well-being of the children in this territory, specifically those involved with child and family services. I've been waiting to speak about this until I felt I had solid solutions to propose, but this is a tough one. That might be one reason that no one particularly likes to talk about this. It's depressing, it makes us feel hopeless, and it's easy to ignore because these children are not the ones emailing and calling our constituency offices, and yet these are likely the most vulnerable of our community members...

Thank you, Mr. Chair. I do look forward to that bigger conversation. I think it's quite urgent. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. How many operational detox beds do we have -- well, how many detox beds do we have operational at the moment? Thank you, Mr. Chair.