Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I strongly support this motion as well. I think this sends a strong message to our government here that hopefully the Health Minister is listening to the signal sent today, which is we aren't treating our Stanton employees fairly and I think we put people at risk, Mr. Speaker. We need to find a fair agreement and a fair way of compensation with folks. If we don't do this, Mr. Speaker, we will get burnt out workers, we'll create health care and health and safety issues. People working shoulder to shoulder with agency nurses should be paid fairly, Mr. Speaker, and that does nothing but create resentment. That does not create a happy work environment and, in the end, we will be losing. Mr. Speaker, if we burn out our northern nurses, who will we have left? All we will be doing is trucking in more agency nurses and I don't think that's what we want. We can't burn them out; we can't underpay them because that is not fair. If we have to open up the Public Service Act to address these types of needs such as seniority and appreciation in some manner, so be it, Mr. Speaker. We need to take action on this issue.

We all have been getting calls on this, some more and some less. The fact is, the people there are not happy and we need to find a way to ensure that our health care providers, the ones we go to when we are sick, are there and ready to help us. If they aren't happy, it will be reflected in the system. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

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