Thank you, Mr. Chairman. The federal government, as the Member indicated, has shown a marked increase in interest in the whole issue of FAS/FAE and I met a few weeks ago with our Member of Parliament who is also the Minister responsible for Youth and she indicated that they do want to get involved in initiatives both on their own and they are willing to, I think, sit down with ourselves. My colleague, the Minister of Health and Social Services, as well, just came back from a meeting of Ministers on The National Children's Agenda and that is looking at the information, that is one of the issues that they are looking at and trying to come to grips with. Of course it is early in the day yet in terms of the money, but there is a lot of interest in this issue and talk about working together but money has not really been identified or tied to these initiatives as of yet but we are going to, through the social envelope program departments, we are going to make this an issue and it is on our agenda of issues that we want to develop a common strategy for. Thank you.
Michael Miltenberger on Item 19: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
In the Legislative Assembly on May 10th, 1999. 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 9th, 1999
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