Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, my question today is for the Minister of Health and Social Services. It is regarding the recruitment and retention challenges of nurses. Mr. Speaker, on February 20 in the committee of the whole debate, the Minister stated that:

"Nurses and social workers are lumped in with all other public servants, which makes it difficult to accommodate their issues, and leads to recruitment and retention challenges"

Mr. Speaker, we have information from the union that states in fact that the fact the nurses are part of the Public Service Act does not have anything to do with the challenges we face with recruitment and retention. In fact, there are....