Thank you, Mr. Chairman. In that area, one of the concerns that comes up is the plan of care committees that become established and that families are to work with department social workers to ensure that they are meeting the needs of their children. When they agree and sign these plan of care agreements, the department has put some resources to ensuring the family is able to deal with some of the situations they find themselves in. Not one where, in some cases, for one reason or another, that it almost becomes adversarial, where the child, as it is clearly stated, child protection worker is almost going against parents instead of keeping families together. We are seeing families being pulled apart. Now, there are legitimate reasons why this occurs from time to time, but hopefully, we will see families being pulled together instead of pulled apart as we get more staff being able to deal with them. Hopefully, with these new workers and existing ones, we will be able to deal with families as families, not as separate individuals.
Floyd Roland on Health Funding To The Dene Nation
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Health Funding To The Dene Nation
Item 20: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
February 20th, 2002
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