Michael Miltenberger

I’ll defer to the Minister of Health and Social Services.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I’m pleased and honoured to be able to second this motion. The issue of residential school is a chapter of Canadian history, of northern history, and it’s also a chapter of the lives of many of us that are here today. I look around this House and I think I see about eight or nine of us that went to residential school. I was 12, so that’s 49 years ago.

I’d like to thank the commission for the work that they’ve done bringing this issue to focus and helping us all embark upon a journey of healing and reconciliation, and of forgiveness, as my colleague indicated earlier...

Thank you, Mr. Chair. The doctors were dealt with through the regular process. This is being done with a sup, and the UNW, which is currently being ratified, will come forward in the fall through a supplementary appropriation. Thank you.

This funding as well is ongoing.

Mr. Speaker, I wish to table the following document, entitled “Supplementary Estimates (Operations Expenditures), No. 1, 2012-2013.” Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. The same conditions or approach applies to the reallocated money. There was a request made for specific things. My recollection was there were a number of very specific things agreed to. The use of internal re-profiling of money to some positions, some centres, some other work, and so I am committing to this process both for the internal reallocation of funds as well as the funds that are here before this House, that there will be an opportunity to have that discussion. I’ll ask Mr. Lafferty if he wants to speak further to that. We have been trying to come to an...

Sunsetted, there was a date tied to the money after which the money in that program would lapse and that’s what happened in this case. So as Mr. Aumond indicated, new money was put in as a result of the discussions in this House. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I request unanimous consent to go back to item 20.

---Unanimous consent granted

Thank you, Mr. Chair. On my left I have Mike Aumond, deputy minister of finance. To my immediate right, Russ Neudorf, deputy minister of Transportation. As well, to my far right, Mr. Sandy Kalgutkar, deputy secretary to the FMB. Thank you.

I indicated that there is an agreement-in-principle. That agreement-in-principle is there and has been committed to by both parties. Once the resources are in place to make it happen, the formal agreement will be signed.

Once again, there is nothing further I believe I can add that will assuage the Member’s concerns or allow him to accept the fact that we made some decisions. He is unhappy with those decisions, we’ve laid out to the best I can in this House, and the Minister has made every effort as well through the questions he’s been asked and the deputy, to lay out what the issues were, the...