Daryl Dolynny

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, very encouraging news. I think people listening out there feel that their needs are being met. Until such time as we have policies in place, we have budgets in place, there are communities out there that are in dire need. They need medical transport vehicles to avoid patients being transported in the back of quads, in the back of pickup trucks. Is there any appetite for this department or the government to look at the needs of individual communities, assess them, and do more good now than waiting for some projected budget in the future? Can we assist these...

Thank you, Mr. Bromley. Before I allow this to proceed, your question is not involved with the supp page that we’re on right now. I would ask that if you reframe your question in accordance with page 5 on the expenditures in question. I’ll turn it back to you, Mr. Bromley.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Your committee has been considering Tabled Document 27-17(3), Supplementary Estimates (Operations Expenditures), No. 1, 2012-2013, and would like to report progress and that consideration of Tabled Document 27-13(3) is concluded and that the House concur with those estimates and that an appropriation bill to be based thereon be introduced without delay. I move that the report of Committee of the Whole be concurred with.

Mr. Speaker, it is encouraging to hear that this is indeed a priority of the government and a priority of the department. Could the Minister indicate as to when the consolidated findings of this working group will be shared with committee here and the Members? Thank you.

Committee, I’ll call you back to order here. Mr. Miltenberger, do you have witnesses you would like to bring into the Chamber?

A motion is on the floor. The motion is in order. The motion is not debatable. Carried.

---Carried

Mr. Hawkins.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I, too, would like to wish welcome to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, but more importantly, to have the honour of Mr. Anthony Whitford here with us is always a blessing and, as we found out this last weekend, he has been one of the spearheads for Relay for Life and he’s also a cancer survivor.

I guess the purpose of my question is that we’re putting money towards identifying cancer and getting cases that are not previously detected into a treatment program. I think, speaking from a health professional perspective myself, it’s great to talk about issues, but by the same token, we have to identify people early on in the Cancer Strategy in order to create a wellness program with early detection. I’d appreciate if the Minister could get back to us in terms of what the breakdown is in the future. More of a comment.

My other question again has to earmark roughly what the Member from...

Thank you, committee. At this point, I’d like to thank the Minister. I’d like to thank our guests for joining us today. Sergeant-at-Arms, if you could please escort our witnesses out of the Chamber. Thank you very much.

Mr. Menicoche, what is the wish of the committee?

I do appreciate the fact that we have certain regions that don’t have all the fundamentals of the healthy families programs. You’ll see a lot of my questions here today is that I’m trying to make sure that we’re spending the right dollars in the right areas, and making sure that all communities, large and small, are benefactors of our promotion and prevention budget, and that we’re not just picking certain areas for that. Clarity is important.

My second question has to do with the Cancer Strategy, which is about $200,000 which is being added into. As the Member for Weledeh indicated, this is a...