Wendy Bisaro

Okay, any other questions on employee services? Okay, employee services, not previously authorized, $617,000.

Madam Chair, I just have a quick follow-up. I would ask the Minister to do a true cost-benefit analysis of the cost to have these employees in a different union. Sure, it may be $10 million. I think three years ago it was probably half that. Have we looked at the cost to have employees in a different union with the inability for them to transfer from one authority to another to help out with gaps in another health authority or another hospital?

I think we need to seriously look and evaluate the whole picture, not just the initial cost to pay them out but what are we going to gain in...

Thank you, Mr. Dolynny. Mr. Miltenberger.

Thank you, Mr. Bromley. Mr. Miltenberger.

Thank you, Mr. Dolynny. Mr. Kalgutkar.

Madam Chair, I appreciate the need for consultation. I’m glad that that is part of the Minister’s plan, but I’ve been hearing about these potential changes for over a year now. I’m concerned that we’re going to talk ourselves to death and we’re going to be continuing to spend and need infusions of three and four million dollars into these two health authorities for several more years. With some concerted effort, I think, with a bit more concentration on a couple of changes, we could be saving some money and creating a much more efficient system than what we have now.

I guess I would like to ask...

Thanks to the Premier for that clarification. So again I would like to ask if we can get, as Members, a copy of the documents which went to the Standing Committee on Social Programs in December 2010 and the one that went to the Standing Committee on Social Programs in December 2011.

Thank you very much. Next on my list is Mr. Bromley.

Okay. Page 5, Human Resources, operations expenditures, human resource strategy and policy, not previously authorized, $123,000.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. I’ve got a couple of questions on this page. I do want to comment specifically on the cost itemized, the $3.335 million that’s itemized for contributions to the Beaufort-Delta Health and Social Services Authority and Stanton Territorial Health Authority.

I spoke about this in my general comments, but I would like to know at this point, and the Minister kind of gave a bit of an answer previously, that we’re sort of working to fix this, but having been here for four years, I’ve been hearing this for awhile now. I’d like to know, at this point, whether or not I can get any...