Jane Groenewegen

Agreed. Thank you. What is the wish of the committee? Ms. Bisaro.

Thank you, Mr. Dolynny. The motion is in order. To the motion. Mr. Dolynny.

I will call Committee of the Whole to order. Before we launch into the business before us today, I’d like to recognize Mrs. McLeod in the visitors gallery, the Premier’s wife, and his two very handsome grandsons.

---Applause

Committee, we were going to deal with the Standing Committee on Government Operations Report on the Review of the 2012-2014 Public Accounts. We are going to proceed with that now. I am going to ask the chair of the Standing Committee on Government Operations, Mr. Nadli, to please deliver the opening remarks. Mr. Nadli.

Thank you, Mr. Dolynny. To the motion.

Thank you, Mr. Dolynny. To the motion.

Is committee agreed?

Thank you, Mr. Nadli. The motion is in order. To the motion. Mr. Nadli.

Question is being called. The motion is carried.

---Carried

Mr. Dolynny.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I’d like to thank the mover and the seconder of this motion for bringing it forward. I spoke to this issue in the House last week. Basically I think it is unacceptable that in the year 2014, with a budget of this government of over $1.6 billion, with office towers full of bureaucrats here in the headquarters that we cannot find the money or the creativity to find a way to put health care professionals and policing services into these small communities. It’s not acceptable anymore. We have to find a solution. We must prioritize our agenda and our initiatives. This must...

Thank you, Mr. Nadli. To the motion.