Thank you, Mr. Chairman. My question is in regard to the other area that you hold in your portfolio, that of income support. One of the things that we seem to see, especially in a lot of the small communities, is the amount of resources that they do get to carry out this program in the communities where you try to attract good people to assist and carry out programs and services in the communities on behalf of this government. But it seems as if you are either getting half-time positions or you do not have enough resources to attract people to a full-time position. I think that we have to make an effort in order to generate income through programs such as income support to ensure that adequate funding is given to the communities when they do take on these endeavours on behalf of the government and that you track good people and pay them a good wage and also that you place them as full-time positions, not half-time. I think it is one of the problems we are starting to see in the communities when we talk about community empowerment that we try to empower communities, but we limit the amount of resources that we do allow them to carry out these activities. I think that we have to somehow increase those amounts so that it is sufficient and that programs are successful. I would like to ask the Minister what is being done to ensure there are adequate resources when we allocate programs and services to be carried out in communities by communities? Thank you.
David Krutko on Committee Motion 2-13(5): To Amend Committee Motion 1-13(5)
In the Legislative Assembly on October 23rd, 1997. See this statement in context.
Committee Motion 2-13(5): To Amend Committee Motion 1-13(5)
Item 19: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
October 23rd, 1997
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