Shauna Morgan

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Can the Minister tell us if she's aware whether this 2020 physician workforce plan makes any recommendations on what would be an appropriate number of patients to assign to an integrated primary care team like the ones we have now made up of physicians, nurse practitioners, and other practitioners? Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Okay. So that is far, far, far less than the cost of building this.

Who was the target market for this new campground or the demographic that we are trying to cater to here? Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. So finally, why were our primary care physicians not consulted or notified that the health authority would be sending out this letter and making this commitment to residents at this time? Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. Do we have any idea, is there any cost estimate for what campsite development and outhouse development would be? Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. My questions are for the Premier around the health care sustainability unit. So the first question is does the Premier view the mandate of the health care sustainability unit as primarily to cut services that are non-core, seen as perhaps unnecessary or too fancy? Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. So given that currently we have nobody on the waiting list in Fort Smith and initially the estimated demand from the previous studies had been that there would be a demand of 33 people by now, it seems that that's pretty far off, and given that we're already moving forward more quickly with the long-term care facility in Hay River, where there's only six people on the waiting list and the plan is to build a 24-bed facility, is it feasible to think that perhaps people in Smith might be able to access a long-term care facility in in Hay River if there was -- if we were sort...

Thank you, Mr. Chair. So just following up on my colleague from Frame Lake's questions about the long-term care facilities.

Well, my first question is if we are expecting in 2025 to do an update on bed projections, why would we move forward with planning for, in particular, the long-term care facility being proposed in Fort Smith and Fort Simpson instead of waiting for the updated bed projections? Because the planning would proceed for a specific size of facility. It says the planning is for -- in Fort Smith, a 24-bed facility, and yet we see now that there's actually nobody on the waiting list...

Okay, thank you for that clarification. Another thing I wanted to flag was the fact that with the current design there is to be, like, a small empty parking lot next door sandwiched between the Tree of Peace and this new wellness and recovery centre. And so it's currently an empty parking lot. And it's unlikely that someone will, you know, take on that lot and choose to, you know, build something new in that particular location. So I'm wondering if the department has considered acquiring this lot and using it as, like, an outdoor space that could benefit people using the wellness and recovery...

Thank you, Mr. Chair. So just to confirm, can the Minister confirm that the answer is no, that there will not be opportunities in this new wellness and recovery centre for someone to both sleep there and stay there during the day to access wellness and recovery services, Mr. Chair.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. So finally, can the Premier commit to making the work of the unit public, including ongoing progress reports that we can expect here in -- to be given to Members. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.