Jane Groenewegen

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, for the public record, is it a program and service that’s being delivered by our government on behalf of some of our constituents that is problematic enough that the territorial government would ever consider handing it back to the federal government? Has that been considered or discussed recently? I’m referring to I’m sure what are some of the Premier’s comments which were made out of absolute frustration with the negotiations recently and I just want to know for the record what the status of any considerations might be to just hand the whole thing back to...

Thank you, Mr. Allen. Mr. Roland.

Thank you, Mr. Roland. Mr. Braden.

Thank you, Mr. Roland. Mr. Hawkins.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, my questions today are for the Minister of Health and Social Services. We spent a lot of time in this Chamber talking about the devolution of powers and authorities to the territorial government and I remember that it wasn’t so many years ago that the Department of Health was devolved from the federal government to the territorial government. Over the years, many other departments and many other responsibilities have come from the federal government to the territorial government.

Mr. Speaker, recently, I had occasion to find out that the deficit from the...

Thank you, Mr. Menicoche. I just noticed that I didn't reset the clock at the beginning of Mr. Menicoche's general comments, so you're getting a bonus today. Mr. Roland.

Thank you. At this time, I will ask the committee if they have any general comments on the Department of Finance estimates. Mr. Braden.

Thank you, Mr. Roland. Mr. Hawkins.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. In considering that, the Minister may also wish to take into account that these types of programs are not available in smaller centres and would probably require a mobile awareness program, so it would require some financial resources. With the upcoming prospect of these new regulations being put in place, I would like to ask the Minister if he would consider looking for and identifying funds which could finance this. It is easier to send people for such an awareness program if it is available in their community, but obviously it is probably only available in a few...

Thank you, Mr. Menicoche. Mr. Roland.