Mr. Speaker, once a facility is designated in a certain category, there are guidelines that indicate exactly what type of human resources you require in personal care, depending on the level of that care. So it does exist. I'm not saying that the government or the department is totally void of any guidelines. There are needs assessments done. For example, I know that, in looking at why there are some facilities in certain areas and not in others, some communities have been more aggressively pursuing and establishing the need so they could get in the forefront of another community or group of communities that have not done so.

It's not to put a negative connotation on somebody who has moved ahead, it's just that I think we haven't communicated very clearly with all the communities. There are certain levels of care that are quite able to be handled at the community level; other levels of care have to be handled in areas where there are more medical services available. I've been attempting to deal with that over the last two or three months, or maybe a little longer, and trying to rationalize that with the communities so we get a clear understanding from the communities what is possible to be done at the various levels.

As to staffing requirements for certain care facilities, there are criteria that have been established in terms of the human resources that are required. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.