Daryl Dolynny

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Today I want to talk about two words and those words are...not Highway 7…

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…passive restraint. I am not referring to a self-locking seatbelt but rather some very slick language used by our Finance department.

So, before we can get to passive restraint, we have to understand a bit of the context. For starters, if you have not noticed, many Regular Members are concerned at the number of job vacancies facing this government, and if you are from a small community, you should be paying attention.

Yet other Members have asked how the dormant or inactive jobs continue...

Thank you, Mrs. Groenewegen. General comments. Okay, we’ll allow the Minister an opportunity to reply. Minister Abernethy.

Thank you, Mr. Hawkins. Moving on with general comments, I have Mr. Bouchard.

Thank you, Mr. Blake. Moving on with general comments, I have Mr. Yakeleya.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. I’d like to welcome the Department of Health and Social Services here today. We’ve got a fairly daunting task before us here in the next day or two. I’m hoping to try to evaluate the current budget here for the Department of Health and Social Services. I did have a chance to read the Minister’s opening remarks again, and obviously, I had a chance to read one of his statements earlier today on the health and social services system. So I’ll try to amalgamate both here today in kind of a general overview at a high level here.

I think we are in a ripe position to reposition...

Thank you, Mr. Blake. Minister McLeod.

Good afternoon, committee. I’d like to call Committee of the Whole to order. We have two items for consideration, committee: Tabled Document 4-17(5) and Tabled Document 22-17(5). What is the wish of the committee? Madam Bisaro.

Thank you, Mr. McLeod. Mr. Stewart.

Sugar is an addiction of sorts, and like all addictions, one needs to understand the root cause of its abuse.

Can the Minister indicate what he’s doing to deal with the root cause of more affordable, healthy eating choices in all communities and specifically what is he doing with daily sugar consumption for our residents? Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. McLeod. Moving on with general comments, I have Mr. Bromley.