Thank you, Madam Chair. A lot of the recommendations come from the coalition itself. The government is one member on that coalition. There are the groups I mentioned before. What they are trying to do is get a balance between the support for salaries and so on for our front-line workers and training of workers. Just to put more money into workers and not giving the training that is necessary may not be the best arrangement either. So it has to be a balance. The idea of collecting the baseline data came largely from the coalition. They want to know whether or not what they are doing is changing and having an impact on attitudes toward violence, for example, and a number of other areas where what kind of public education programs or campaigns would be most effective. A lot of it comes from the coalition itself. We respect what they are saying. We know that they are experienced people. They are the ones who can give us advice. A lot of it is their advice to us. Thank you.
Joe Handley 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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