Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Is the Minister able to, or willing to, sit down with the Department of Health and Social Services and the federal Department of Health to look at the whole area of FAE/FAS and see if there are funds available to assist in dealing with, not the educational side of the student, but the medical and physical stress that these students are under because of the conditions that they find themselves in with the alcohol related effects that they are born with? Which, basically, is no real fault of their own, but in order to educate them, there has to be a consideration of dealing with the emotional and mental ability of these students. This may mean looking at the health aspect of this condition. I think that is one area that has to be seriously addressed and it has to be taken into the whole and not only leaving it to the education sector to deal with, but also the medical community has to be involved in this sector through community wellness money or monies that are available through the Department of Health, or even federal dollars through the federal government. Will the Minister make an attempt to look in that area?
David Krutko on Item 19: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
In the Legislative Assembly on May 26th, 1998. See this statement in context.
Item 19: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
Item 19: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
May 26th, 1998
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