Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Chairman, the increased role of accountability ultimately goes to the group, and it is all the health authority chairs across the territory that sit on the Joint Leadership Committee. We've transferred the public administrator portion to the chair of the Joint Leadership Committee. So ultimately there is a fair bit of a responsibility now that is transferred to there where it was held within the department. I felt at the time we reviewed this that, as I was saying earlier, ultimately the buck stops here. If I feel or the information is being provided that an authority is having some difficulty in something or not following some of our procedures or continuing to have problems, as Minister, I would have to step in. I felt that while we, as a department, had the strings of the public administrator portion, that the accountability would come under question. We would be part of the mix at all times, but ultimately having the hammer. If they made a decision we didn't like, then we would just overstep them. In this case, they have that authority to make the decision. We are still plugged in through the Joint Leadership Committee overall, but that is all issues across the territory dealing with all authorities. In a sense, they have the responsibility now as a board, as an authority would have, but we have not gone that full stage. Ultimately, in a sense, we are there having a territorial representative group sitting on the operations of the territorial facility. Thank you.
Floyd Roland on Item 17: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
In the Legislative Assembly on February 14th, 2007. See this statement in context.
Item 17: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
Item 17: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
February 13th, 2007
Page 899
See context to find out what was said next.