Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Chairman, the whole area of a vaccination program and initiative we have been working with the federal government around that, and it has been fairly challenging in trying to get a program running nationally. There are some very expensive vaccination programs out there. The Member is right; that issue has been addressed and is being looked at. I shouldn't say addressed, is being looked at by a number of jurisdictions. We've been doing our work in an area of three potential options. One is trying to work with the federal government so that they can come up with a national immunization program or include it in or revitalize it is what we've been having discussions with other jurisdictions on. The second one is do we incorporate a program where it's a user-pay program if parents wanted to take that initiative. Then one of the options is to look at do we do it on our own within our existing resources. So it is being looked at. Preferably, as with every other jurisdiction, we'd have the federal government step up to the plate here and incorporate it into a national immunization program and make that available through that source, but we've been challenged in trying to come up with a happy medium between that and jurisdictions. 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
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