Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I have a couple more questions and I'm hoping this is the right area. The department has $240 million, but it's divided into about six sections, so I guess I have as good a chance of hitting it here.
The first one has to do with the nurses being trained out of Aurora College. The Minister mentioned earlier that part of the expenses under this section is medical bursaries, and I'm hoping this is an area where I can talk about some of the concerns that the new graduates from the Aurora College nursing program have expressed to me. Mr. Chairman, I do believe that there is a general agreement that that is an excellent nursing program at Aurora College. I think the concern has to do with the continuity of education. More than most other professional training, nurses need not only academic and hands-on training they get at the school, but they need continuative training in the clinical settings at the hospital. In order to do that there have to be teachers and mentors and practitioners who would provide them with the support. I've been advised by nurses in training or in internship, just almost on the verge of becoming full, practising nurses, but not yet qualified or prepared to do that. They find themselves in clinical settings where almost all the nurses on shift are inexperienced nurses. We're talking about situations where one small mistake could amount to something very, very big. Some of these nursing students were very, very concerned that there just are not enough staff there or support there for them to get the proper training and proper supervision.
I know that the Minister is aware of this, and I do believe they are having some programs and money geared towards addressing that. I would like to know, from the Minister, what he is doing and whether or not he is aware of that problem and what he has done to address those. Thank you.