Daniel McNeely

Thank you, Mr. Nadli. Mr. Minister.

Thank you, Mr. Testart. Mr. Minister.

Thanks. Mr. O’Reilly. I’ll allow that second question to go, but on the basis of the information as the Minister said it was going to be provided on the organizational chart and the finances, or the funding, to support midwifery will be deferred to 195. Go ahead, Mr. Minister.

Thank you, Ms. Green. Mr. Testart.

Okay. Thank you, Mr. Vanthuyne. Mr. Thompson.

Thank you, Ms. Green. Mr. Minister.

Thank you, Mr. Minister. Mr. Vanthuyne.

Moving on to page 183, Health and Social Services, community health programs, operations expenditure summary, total activity $152,585,000. We will defer that and move to detail. Starting with page 184, Health and Social Services, community health programs, grants, contributions and transfers, information item. Questions. Mr. Blake.

Thank you, Mr. Testart. Mr. Minister.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Today I rise in the House to reply to the budget address. Mr. Speaker, last week we heard the presentation of this Assembly’s budget. As we stand here today, if we turned back the time to last year or last Assembly’s budget deliberations to unwind our current financial position, we would only find ourselves faced in a similar decision about our financial destiny. This budget is based on current challenges to reach balanced financial positions on terms developed by our peers and colleagues across the floor. It is said, and I agree, that the best social programs are wage...