Bob Bromley

Mr. Speaker, midwives have been a vital part of our families and cultures for thousands of years. Obviously we have moved away from that. Meeting the advanced accreditation licensing training requirements, as the Minister mentioned, will need to be part of an integrated plan, especially for extension of services to regional communities. Will the Minister commit to working with the Minister of ECE and consider, in any review, the opportunities for training, employment and cultural support that expanded midwifery offers? Thank you.

Thank you, Minister. Next on my list I have Mr. Abernethy.

Thank you, Minister. Welcome to the witnesses. Committee, we left off on page 8-29. Mr. Abernethy.

Thank you, Mr. Ramsay. Minister Lee.

Thank you, Minister. I’ll ask the Sergeant-at-Arms to please escort the witnesses into the House. Committee agree?

I appreciate that information from the Minister. I would encourage the Minister to look to the MLAs to help try and develop support and engagement with that process. I think that would be a legitimate request from a Minister and a legitimate role that you could expect an MLA to play, to do work in that area. So that is just a note.

I would like to move on now to the mental health program review started in November. I don’t recall having any input to the terms of reference for that review, but knowing my memory, that could be a plus or a minus. I would appreciate to know whether such a process...

Thank you, Minister. I wonder, Mr. Menicoche, if you could clarify where that million dollars is that you’re referring to, what page that’s on or what line. Thank you.

Thank you, Mrs. Groenewegen. We will continue with Health and possibly move to Education today, but we will start with a brief break. Thank you.

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I appreciate that commitment. The strategic plan and implementation of it, I assume, will have some costs associated and I think the Minister is hoping to get that done in the next several months, so presumably the implementation of it will happen during the 2011-2012 budget year. Have there been dollars identified or will that implementation be expected to be from internal resources?

Thank you, Ms. Lee. Next on my list is Mr. Menicoche.