Bob Bromley

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Thank you, colleagues. Working together requires providing a real opportunity to engage. Failure will lead to bad management decisions and embittered agendas for years to come. Mahsi.

Thank you to the Minister for those remarks, Mr. Chairman, and kudos on that.

I have one other question on the additional $960,000 put into community services. On the next page, still under this budget item, I just wondered if I can get a little more information on how those dollars are being allocated within the social work, mental health and addiction workers; if there’s a focus in one particular area or another with those dollars. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Speaking briefly, I want to thank my colleague for raising those issues and especially the Minister’s response provided on the Midwifery Program. I think that’s a very key area and I can’t help but note that the Minister is giving quite different feedback now than perhaps in budgets past. I’m very happy to see that and appreciate that. I’m gathering that some work has been done to consolidate the view that there are benefits to those programs. Is that something the Minister would be prepared to share with us at some point in time?

Page 10-9, Education, Culture and Employment, department summary, information item, revenue summary. Ms. Bisaro.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Under prevention and promotion I notice a significant increase, about $541,000 to that area. I’m wondering if I can get a breakout of how there are six subjects listed for those dollars: early childhood development, homelessness, family violence, tobacco, in-house respite services and health promotion activities. Is it possible to break those dollars out by those six activities, the additional $541,000 we’re putting into those activities? Thank you.

Mr. Chairman, again, it seems a fairly straightforward thing to me. We have regular intakes of Bachelor of Nursing students. We are sending them out to communities. We need to make sure they have the training. I assume, within the deputy minister’s remarks, that will be assured and perhaps I can just get confirmation of that. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Lafferty, for those comprehensive remarks. Does committee agree that we now go to detail?

Thank you, committee. Returning to page 8-29, Health and Social Services, activity summary, community health programs, operations expenditure summary, $87.631 million. Agreed?

Mr. Chairman, I want to turn quickly to the Introduction to Advanced Practice training at Aurora College. My understanding is that in the past, essentially all of the Bachelor of Nursing students were able to take the Introduction to Advanced Practice courtesy of the two departments’ support. Is that true? Is that continuing? Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Abernethy. Next on my list is Mr. Beaulieu.