Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Chairman, I think probably the most obvious and immediate way that we have of relieving the stress on the social workers is to ensure that the positions are staffed up to the amount that are allocated for that region or community. Also, with the ten new social workers that we are hoping to hire, we hope that will spread the workload over more social workers and will relieve some of the stress on them and on the system.

I agree with the Member that when people start to be overworked, the potential for the numbers to diminish and the situation to deteriorate is compounded. Thank you.