Wendy Bisaro

Thank you, Mr. Menicoche. The motion is in order and is being distributed. To the motion. Mr. Menicoche.

Thanks. To the Minister, well that’s very clear. My next question then is: What plans does the department have to make sure that these authorities will not continue to be in deficit year, after year, after year, after year? Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Moses. Mr. Abernethy.

Page 8-31, Health and Social Services, activity summary, community wellness and social services, operations expenditure summary, $89.259 million. Mr. Hawkins.

Thank you, Minister Abernethy. Committee, are we ready to move to detail?

Thank you, Mr. Hawkins. Mr. Menicoche.

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Thanks to the Minister. I appreciate the Minister’s explanation, but I have to disagree with his assessment because I don’t believe that you can separate the two. I think, by the forum and the Minister agreeing that there is a stigma on mental health, we are simply making it worse. I think, until we start talking about mental health and accepting that it is an issue, some people refer to it as a disease, but until we start bringing that to the fore and accepting that is a problem that we have, we won’t adequately deal with it. I think it’s unfortunate that the forum members wanted to remove...

Thank you, Mr. Abernethy. Mr. Guy.

Thank you, Mr. Moses. To the motion.