Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, my job as Minister is to try to come up with some plans to, in a careful way, implement those plans after there has been proper consultation. We have done that with the mental health and addiction strategy. We responded to a fairly damning report in a state of emergency. We have committed to following the plan. We have implemented year one, year two. Year three is on the books. The Member now stands up in this House to say it has been a disaster. Let's change that. I am saying, okay, if that is what you are thinking, then let's have that discussion; an informed discussion. Let's get the statistics. Let's look at the need. Let's get past the political rhetoric, the extreme adjectives, and take a measure to look at this. We are talking about a process that is going to require time of committee to do that. I've made that commitment before, and I just restate that. Thank you.
Michael Miltenberger on Question 343-15(3): Staffing Addictions Treatment Positions
In the Legislative Assembly on October 29th, 2004. See this statement in context.
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Question 343-15(3): Staffing Addictions Treatment Positions
Item 6: Oral Questions
October 28th, 2004
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