Bob Bromley

Thank you, Mrs. Groenewegen. On that note, we’ll take a short break.

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Thank you, committee. This concludes the detail. We turn now to page 5-2 for the departmental summary, Public Works and Services, infrastructure investment summary, total infrastructure investment summary, $14.302 million. Mr. Yakeleya.

Minister Lafferty.

Thank you, Minister. Thank you, Mr. Yakeleya. We have Mr. Ramsay next.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Now that the issue has been extensively raised in this Assembly, can the Premier say what steps he will take to report to the Members on options for an ombudsman or some other formal mechanism for capturing complaints and learning from them? I know that the Premier mentioned hearing from committee, so that is an option to wait for that, but I am interested whether he will go forward without waiting. Thank you.

Thank you, Ms. Gault. Committee, we are on page 5-7. Public Works and Services, activity summary, Technology Service Centre, infrastructure investment summary, total infrastructure investment summary, $1.300 million.

Thank you, Mr. Jacobson. Minister Lafferty.

Thank you, Ms. Bisaro. I understand the complexity of this, so let’s complete this section, committee. Any other questions, committee, on advanced education? Mr. Yakeleya.

Thanks to the Premier for those comments. I don’t think committee will be shy on bringing this forward when it’s due here, and that may be soon. But on the larger issue of program improvement, we need to determine what formal mechanisms exist for capturing our citizens’ or, in many cases, our clients’ suggestions and experiences for improved program delivery. An ombudsman is certainly one option to go. When citizens bring these instances to our attention, we are really being given a gift in terms of program evaluation.

The case of medical travel for students yesterday certainly demonstrated how...

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