Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, as some of our community empowerment initiatives, we are giving boards the autonomy and the authority to set their own policies. Having said that, our funding mechanism does not allow for escort travels in the budget allocations for the dollars for medical travel. If a board were to, for example, decide that they wanted to pay for escorts across the board for individuals, they would not have all the funding from the Department of Health and Social Services to do that. It would impact on their budgets and they would have to make some reductions in a different area to accommodate those needs that they chose as a priority for spending, Mr. Speaker. Thank you.
Kelvin Ng on Question 446-13(4): Non-medical Escorts For Elders
In the Legislative Assembly on March 4th, 1997. See this statement in context.
Further Return To Question 446-13(4): Non-medical Escorts For Elders
Question 446-13(4): Non-medical Escorts For Elders
Item 6: Oral Questions
March 3rd, 1997
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Kelvin Ng Kitikmeot
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