R.J. Simpson

Yes, they serve different purposes. I believe the child lawyer is when the courts require a child to have a lawyer and then the lawyer is appointed to the child through that process where the child advocate serves a different role altogether. Thank you.

Thank you. That may be something that the workforce development agreement could help out with but I'm really not sure so I'll ask Mr. MacDonald. Thank you.

Thank you. So in addition to the YWCA, and as the Member is aware, she just mentioned, we also have victim services. And that recently was reviewed and there were some changes made to that, and there were you know, we were able to redirect some funds to enhance those supports as well. So this is just one area.

In terms of the funding, there isn't a plan in this fiscal year to increase it. I'm not sure if the deputy minister has anything to add on that one. I don't think she does, but there's no doubt that this is a serious issue and we, you know, implement and develop and implement the...

Thank you, Madam Chair. Perhaps Mr. Bancroft can speak to some of the technical aspects of the review. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I don't have the data at my fingertips. I'd be happy to get back to the Member with that information. Thank you.

Thank you, Madam Chair. And there is some flexibility already built into the program but like I said, there's students every year who start attending postsecondary and for one reason or another, it doesn't work out; it's not for them. Perhaps it's mental health issues. Perhaps it's, you know, family tragedies. There's a number of reasons why students don't make it through a school year. And we don't have exceptions in, you know, the majority of cases although there are some exceptions. And this is, you know, in the we don't want to start making exceptions for students who, I guess, knew that...

Thank you. So the advisory boards that the Member is speaking about, they were they came into existence, I believe October 1st under the new when the new Corrections Act came into force.

We advertised for applicants. We received, unfortunately, very few, and so we extended the application period and we enlisted the MLAs to try and to help us get the word out and, you know, talk to interested people. I can ask the deputy minister for some information on where we are with that and potentially any costs associated. Thank you.

Few minutes I guess I move that the chair rise and report progress, and I'll answer the question tomorrow. Thank you.

Thank you. With the current education advisers that are quite recent positions at ECE, they have been communicating this type of information with schools. We have some people on that team that have trades experience, and they've really been champions of this.

We now have I believe nine positions, and the majority have been moved out into the regions. Their work has been hindered by COVID and the inability to really, you know, meet facetoface with a lot of students. But there is definitely a push to get exactly this type of information and tradesrelated information out to students so that as...

Thank you. No, but there we do have the wellness court and the domestic violence treatment options court. So there are some other options. But no, we don't have a super committee in mind for community justice committees. Thank you.