Thank you, Madam Chairperson. My question is along the lines of what type of training and standards in place with the health boards. What you see happening is we are taking individuals who may not have a background in health care but have been put in a situation where they have to make decisions that affect the health care of residents of the different communities and ridings. There has to be more initiative given to ensuring that these people are aware of the issues they are dealing with and the financial implications we find ourselves when they make those decisions, in having to choose what is good for the government and for the community. They have to aware when they get into what role they play as a board of directors and exactly who calls the shots, is it the executive directors, the boards, the Minister of Health or his deputy minister? We have to clear that up because I have the feeling that a lot of people from the communities have always asked for more control in the communities and more say in regard to health care and social programs we deliver at the community level. We establish regional health boards not only dealing with health but dealing with social issues on top of that. Again, it is the communities having to go to another institution for their needs. It is true they appoint people to the boards but the people who they appoint may not have a background in health or social services. The decisions they make might be good ones, but if they do not have the training or a learning curve of realizing what they got themselves into, they may not be doing
justice to the people who put them there. I would like to ask the Minister if there are any guidelines or training requirements these people have to fulfil in place now? Does that affect all boards in all regions?