Thank you, Mr. Speaker. As I said, the issue of more delivery at the regional level and possibly more local level was started by us some months ago by training our regional people, our regional career officers. We would like to pursue that further. We did need to take the step of educating them on our CMAS system, the computer system. There are still some complications in that whole area, being able to turn it over. The request was also made previously about being able to cut cheques locally and to do the actual approvals. We are moving forward on that, Mr. Speaker, and I would like to state that I can be in a much better position by the spring of this coming year on this whole area. It is a case though of involving our regional career officers. We are not in a position to be able to add individuals to this because I do not think it is necessary with the new computer systems that we have. I think it is educating our regional staff. Thank you.
Jake Ootes on Question 117-14(4): Student Financial Assistance Program Delivery
In the Legislative Assembly on October 23rd, 2001. See this statement in context.
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Question 117-14(4): Student Financial Assistance Program Delivery
Item 6: Oral Questions
October 22nd, 2001
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