Frederick Blake Jr.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. Mr. Chair, as I mentioned, I have a couple of outstanding proposals for this fund here, so will the Minister ensure that those projects are taken care of? Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. Just to add to the community access program, we know how successful it is. I am sure, as you can tell by the Member before me, it is underfunded. Like he mentioned, it creates a lot of employment in our small communities. Even before Christmas, I was told there is really not much funding left, which is a shame because there are a lot of good projects coming out. You know, most communities tend to wait until the actual season that they want to start the work, a lot of portage trails that people are cutting out, bypass roads. We really appreciate the increase, but it's...

We look forward to those times when we do have that full-time nurse, so why doesn't the department just can expand it a bit? Even six months out of the year, it would be great. You know, emergency response training is needed, but so is a nurse, Mr. Speaker. My constituents want to know: when can we get a full-time nurse?

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I have follow-up questions from my statement yesterday. As I mentioned yesterday, the community of Tsiigehtchic in our ministerial tour echoed the need for a full-time nurse in the community, so I would like to ask the Minister of Health and Social Services: as I mentioned, the community wants to know when we will have a full-time nurse in Tsiigehtchic. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. I am glad the Minister mentioned that because that is one thing we are trying to do, is combine the small employment fund with the community access fund, which would have gone a lot further, I believe. Right now, the way this fund is being managed, I know it's outside his department, so I will not go there right now. I think it would have gone a lot further if we did combine those two pots of money for the community access. It would have brought the fund up to way more than double what it is now. I think that is something for the transition committee to possibly suggest...

Thank you, Ms. Green. Minister Sebert.

Thank you, Mr. Thompson. Minister Sebert.

Thank you, Mr. O'Reilly. Minister Sebert.

Thank you, Mr. McNeely. Mr. Goldney.

Thank you, Minister Sebert. Mr. Vanthuyne.