Glen Abernethy

Thank you, Mr. Menicoche. Next on my list is Mr. Bromley.

Thank you, Mr. Ramsay. The next person on my list is Mr. Yakeleya.

We are moving along to page 8-34, also an information item, Health and Social Services, lease commitments - infrastructure.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. If the Minister can’t demonstrate this most recent and final round of public consultations had meaningful impact on the final draft and that no substantive changes are being considered as a result, I suggest that this act is not ready to be put before this House. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

So we are talking about the Community Health Nurse Development Program that is delivered by the Department of Human Resources on behalf of the Department of Health and Social Services. The Minister has said that this program is fully subscribed and, quite frankly, I don’t understand that, because I asked questions in the House in October, I sent letters to the Minister and that program, from what I understand in responses provided to me by the Minister, one person enrolled, and that person might even have graduated by now, and they indicated that there probably isn’t going to be an intake for...

Then that’s what we’ll do. Alright, general comments, Mr. Jacobson.

Thank you, Mr. Bromley. Minister Lee.

Okay. We are moving on to page 8-32 and Health and Social Services, information item, community health programs, active positions.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. On February 2nd I made a Member’s statement outlining concerns I received about the most recent public consultation process that the Department of Environment and Natural Resources has been conducting on the proposed Wildlife Act.

There is concern that these consultations are not really being conducted to get input on the proposed changes but rather to inform the people on what the department is planning to put before this Legislature. Many participants have the feeling that their concerns about the content is being ignored and that only token or administrative changes...

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I just want to follow up with some questions that my colleague Mr. Ramsay asked and the responses that the Minister provided. In listening to the dialogue between the two of them, I have to say I was just a little bit confused as to which program was being talked about. Mr. Ramsay mentioned the Community Health Program at Aurora College, and I think he was referring to the Introduction to Advanced Practice, which isn’t called the CHN program, so my question to the Minister is: in responding to my colleagues’ questions, were you referring to the IAP when you indicated...