Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, my questions today are directed to the Minister of Health and Social Services, and it's with regard to National Foster Family Week, which is being recognized this week. Mr. Speaker. From time to time, children in our society require the temporary care of people who are not necessarily their family or their parents, and we rely on the services of families who will take these children into their home and look after them as if they were their own. Mr. Speaker, as the Minister knows, I was personally involved in an endeavour which saw me taking children into my home for a couple of years. Most of you probably can't imagine me with 10 children in tow, but that happened a lot, nine of them teenagers. For a couple of years, that was the case.
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I have to say that I found it to be one of the most challenging but most rewarding things that I've ever done in my variety of careers. But one of the obstacles, as I see it, to encouraging more families to opening their homes, is the remuneration that foster families receive for caring for these children. I understand right now the rate may be in the neighbourhood of $25 a day, but I was wondering if the Minister could confirm the rate for me. Thank you.