Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, the majority of our regional directors in place at the present time have several years of experience in. Mr. Speaker, if we're going to end the regional function, does that mean on a particular date, that regional director will not be employed with this government? Does that mean that we're going to pay them $50,000, $60,000, $70,000? According to the workforce adjustment policy -- which is public knowledge -that means in some cases some of these regional directors will be sitting around with full pay for up to 60 weeks.
Mr. Speaker, in my mind, the responsibility of this government is to use these people with the qualification that they have, without having them sitting around with 60 weeks of pay. My question to the Minister is, what happens to these individuals.