Bob Bromley

Thank you, Ms. Bisaro. Mr. Devitt.

Question is being called.

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Committee, we are on page 10-18, activity summary, Education, Culture and Employment, education and culture, grants and contributions, grants $52,000, and contributions. Agreed?

Thank you, Mr. Lafferty. Sergeant-at-Arms, if you could escort the witnesses into the House and we shall proceed with details, starting on page 10-17.

I’d like to ask the Minister to introduce the witnesses, please.

Thank you, Mr. Krutko. Minister Lafferty.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. What I hear from people I’m chatting with is often our system does not ensure that the context, and there’s an infinite variety of circumstances in people’s lives, that all important context does not go with them through the system and that often income support is not cognizant of that. It’s a relatively cold and objective system if it doesn’t incorporate the very human aspects of it. How does this Minister and others in this government ensure that all important context goes along with people as they access all types of different government services?

Thank you, Mr. Krutko. Committee, we are on page 10-17, activity summary, Education, Culture and Employment, education and culture, operations expenditure summary, $181.532 million. Agreed?

We are indeed, in our child and family services work, hearing a lot about some of those issues. My next question is really related to those that are coming out of jail. In many cases, people fighting poverty end up in our jails. There seems to be an opportunity to take advantage of this by making sure there are good educational programs while people are in jail. Certainly, as they are coming back into society, transition things like referrals and upgrading, referrals to housing upon release, referrals to behavioural support such as anger management, parenting skills and health education. Are...

Thank you, Mr. Chair. I move that $400,000 be deleted from the activity income security under the Department of Education, Culture and Employment Main Estimates 2010-2011, page 10-27, for the Nutritious Foods Steering Committee and its associated activities. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thank you, Ms. Bisaro. Minister Lafferty.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I’d like to recognize Weledeh resident Trevor Teed and former resident Dave Nickerson. I’d also like to recognize Julie Green, a freelance reporter and worker with the YWCA, I believe.