Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, as I have just indicated, we have an offer of arbitration on the table. All the specialists involved signed individual contracts and at the end of the day, they won't be having to look at those contracts, the offer we have made, the fact that we are going to be back into negotiations in about six months and make some decisions. Mr. Speaker, we think a 27 percent increase is very fair over two years. Most jurisdictions aren't that high in over three years. So, Mr. Speaker, we think this is a very fair offer. As I indicated to this House, I understand that there are meetings among the doctors taking place this week. So we stand with our offer out there for arbitration and a very fair package.
Michael Miltenberger on Question 291-14(6): Specialist Physician Negotiation Process
In the Legislative Assembly on June 10th, 2003. See this statement in context.
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Question 291-14(6): Specialist Physician Negotiation Process
Item 6: Oral Questions
June 9th, 2003
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