Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Chairman, if the Member is referring to the $180,000, there's a coordinator's position and a half-time health and social services liaison worker, and a child life worker, both half-time. There will be funding for a traditional healer, as well, and two community liaison workers, as I understand. Mr. Chairman, as well, I mean, if you look at the health services programs, there's a whole list of issues that look on the prevention side. We have, of course, 184 for the wellness program, we're doing vaccination programs, we're going to expand the nurse practitioners, we have the rehabilitations team on this, we're putting in nurse practitioners which are going to work in the communities, hopefully help us deal more effectively at the community level, we're looking at getting a chief environmental health officer, to name some other things that will have an impact on the prevention for all northerners, 65 percent or 50 percent of whom are aboriginal, as has been pointed out.
Michael Miltenberger on Item 16: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
In the Legislative Assembly on February 20th, 2006. See this statement in context.
Item 16: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
Item 16: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
February 19th, 2006
Page 1147
See context to find out what was said next.