Thank you, Madam Chair. I thank the Minister for that. I'm not here today to demoralize anybody. What I'm here to do is my job and ask questions. I hear also from the front-line workers where there's not enough money and resources, especially for the NGOs. So if we are going to spend $75,000 on a survey and then we've got other NGOs saying we're not doing enough for them, there has to be a balance somewhere and I think we do have to ask some questions. The list of organizations that the Premier had mentioned that were going to be part of this survey, I'm wondering if there's going to be any men that are going to be interviewed in this process, Madam Chair, because as I've heard from some of my constituents, violence is a two-way street. I think it behooves the government to actually stand up and do something not just for women, but for men as well. There's a lot of violence that happens in the family that is done by men, but it also happens, as a matter of fact, where women are the culprits and the instigators of violence, and I think men have to have just as much say in any type of survey that we're going to conduct here because it does happen. I have heard stories, horror stories, about that happening to men as well. So let's be fair in this and I think I'd like to ask the Premier, are men going to be included in the survey? Thank you.
David Ramsay on Item 20: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
In the Legislative Assembly on May 14th, 2007. See this statement in context.
Item 20: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
Item 20: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
May 13th, 2007
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