Yes, Mr. Chairman. Work has been done with the various contractors in the senior citizens' facilities over the last two or three years in trying to develop an agreed upon staffing and program plan. We have used the standards that were developed in Manitoba, so we were not re-inventing the wheel completely. These have been modified. The dilemma lies in the fact that, in order to staff up to the appropriate levels in all of these facilities, we just do not have enough money in the base yet to accomplish that. Part of the difficulty which has occurred in some of these areas is contracts were tendered. The amounts that some of the facilities currently receive are based upon the results of tenders which are two or three years old.
Mr. Dunbar on Bill 17: Appropriation Act, No. 2, 1993-94
In the Legislative Assembly on March 18th, 1993. See this statement in context.
Bill 17: Appropriation Act, No. 2, 1993-94
Item 18: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
March 17th, 1993
Page 1017
Dunbar
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