Jane Groenewegen

Thank you, Mr. Dolynny. Mr. Miltenberger.

Question has been called. Motion is carried.

---Carried

Tabled Document 281-17(5) is now ready for consideration in formal session through the form of an appropriation bill.

Does committee agree, then, that we’ll now proceed to Tabled Document 325-17(5), Supplementary Estimates (Infrastructure Expenditures), No. 3, 2015-2016?

Thank you, Mr. Bromley. Minister Abernethy.

Thank you, Mr. Dolynny. Mr. Kalgutkar.

Thank you. Ms. Bisaro.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Like so many other government policies, this one needs common sense and it needs flexibility because there are probably lots of times when somebody is going to be an escort for a patient, if they are going for 21 days or more, in all likelihood it may not be practical or it may not be necessary for that escort to stay with that patient for that entire time. It may just be required that they travel with them, make sure they are delivered into the hands of a health care practitioner down there and they may not need someone to stay. You’re not travelling with the patient...

Thank you, Mr. Dolynny. Minister Miltenberger.

Does the committee agree that this concludes consideration of the budget for the Legislative Assembly?

That is good news to hear that under extenuating circumstances the escort could find a way home at the government expense. If an escort is only accompanying a patient for a procedure or a surgery or something that’s only anticipated to be a day or two, they may have agreed to it on those grounds, but if it turns out to be a longer period of time, how would that escort then, without having to pay out of their own pocket, access that return ticket? How would they do it? What’s the process? Who is going to determine what the extenuating circumstances are? How long is that going to take to get...

Any other general comments? Mr. Dolynny.