Jane Groenewegen

Again, I’d like to applaud the Minister. This is a very, very good and esteemed group of people he’s pulled together for this Minister’s Forum on Addictions. But when we are looking at the terms of reference, could we please, for a change, instead of talking to people who think they know the solutions who aren’t living the issue but only observing the issue, could we please talk to people who are actually living the issue? Could we find a way to get them to talk? Because the Minister asks the question in his statement: I want to know what will make people stop drinking and want to live a...

That’s okay. Thank you.

I thank the Minister for that. I’ll be interested to hear the results of those pilot projects. There are clinical practice guidelines for diabetes. How do we monitor whether health authorities are following these guidelines and how do we know if our efforts to control diabetes are working? What kind of monitoring do we have?

Thank you. Does committee agree?

Thank you, Mr. Dolynny. Mr. Kalgutkar.

Management and recruitment services, not previously authorized, $32,000.

Thank you, Mr. Bromley. Mr. Aumond.

I will call Committee of the Whole back to order. The item before us today is Tabled Document 84-17(3), Supplementary Estimates (Operations Expenditures), No. 2, 2012-2013. I would like to ask Minister Miltenberger if he has opening comments.

Actually, I’m going to call deputy minister’s office again for $875,000. Agreed?

Thank you, Mr. Bromley. Next I have Ms. Bisaro.