Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I do understand that the Minister has this senior management board made up of board chairs from across the country and he has relied on their service during the tenure of his term as Minister, but I would like the Minister to take a look at the possibility of formalizing this further and constituting some kind of advisory board for Stanton. I really think it's essential. It's time has come. I think it's been awhile since the last time we had a board there. It is a hospital that should be performing at its maximum to provide the specialized service, as well as the territorial umbrella service that the Minister envisions that it will do. It has to go through the master plan, it will have a new CEO, so perhaps it's time with the new CEO that the board chairs of all the boards should constitute together as an advisory...transitional or interim until such time as it's decided that there should be a need for a board to be more formally recognized. We should at least try that. I really think that a hospital like that should not be going through recruiting a CEO, doing a long-term plan, doing a long-term facility plan and address all of the health issues that are going on all around us in terms of delivering service. Nationally, too, there are lots of things on the agenda. I just think it's time for the Minister to look at that. I would like to know if he would undertake to look at that and come back to the committee and tell us the pros and cons and maybes of why he would or would not, or thinks it's not a good idea, and maybe we should do some consultation on that, too. Thank you.
Sandy Lee on Item 19: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
In the Legislative Assembly on February 9th, 2006. See this statement in context.
Item 19: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
Item 19: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
February 8th, 2006
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