Jane Groenewegen

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. We have all seen tragedies in our communities. Many of them happen while someone is struggling with mental health, and too often people, our constituents, don’t get the help they need.

In general, there’s a lack of support for families and friends and even lack of support for the agencies who have to work with people who are mentally ill. People are often faced with really hard questions. What do you do when a mentally ill person refuses help or someone with a mental illness refuses to take their medication?

It’s also fairly common for someone to be hospitalized under the...

Thank you. Now we move on to the Department of Municipal and Community Affairs. I would like to ask Minister Miltenberger if he would like to bring in witnesses to the witness table.

Thank you, Mr. Menicoche. I believe the Minister is going to keep a note of some of these issues and speak to them at the end of the general comments. Thank you that most of your remarks were general comments. It’s general comments, not general questions. Let’s move on to Ms. Bisaro now, please.

Thank you, Mr. McLeod. Mr. Bouchard. Next on the list I have Mr. Yakeleya.

Okay. Does the committee agree that consideration of this department is concluded? Ms. Bisaro.

Thank you. I’ll ask the Sergeant-at-Arms to please escort the witnesses into the Chamber.

Minister Miltenberger.

Thank you, Minister Miltenberger. Minister McLeod.

Okay. We will turn, please, in your document to page 2-2, Department of Human Resources. I will refer your attention, please, to page 2.2, which we will stand down for now. We will move on to the first department, which is on page 2-4, activity summary, Human Resources, strategy and policy, infrastructure investment summary, total infrastructure investment summary, $300,000.

I’d like to call Committee of the Whole back to order. The Capital Estimates 2013-2014 is the tabled document before us today in Committee of the Whole. I would like to ask Minister Miltenberger if he would like to bring witnesses into the Chamber.

Thank you, Mr. Bouchard. Minister Miltenberger.