Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, regarding my Member's statement, I believe this government has to do more when it transfers programs and services to our communities. In order for it to work, they need adequate resources, both human and financial.

I would like to ask the Minister of Health and Social Services a question regarding the mental health workers positions that have been transferred to communities since 1994. Mr. Speaker, it has been over eight years. To date, the amount that has been spent, set in 1994, is $50,000. That is what the communities receive.

Mr. Speaker, mental health workers play a key role in our communities, especially with the high number of suicides, alcohol and drug abuse, and mental problems that we find in our communities. I would like to ask the Minister, is your department looking at trying to bring this injustice to order by allowing increases to bring their salaries and wages in line with other professions doing similar work?