Thank you, Madam Chair. I want to confirm my support for these hard-working people that deal with family violence in our communities. We need every type of support. We need to work with the family, the children, the abuser and victim. They have to work with the whole community on this issue. Family violence is a very powerful, very sensitive, we have to be very careful to work with the family on this issue here.
What I want to say, Madam Chair, is some of the family violence workers are underpaid. Sometimes they are in term positions and sometimes they have to leave their job early because there is no funding left in the program. There is a lack of funding in the program. I am again telling that to the Minister. The territorial family violence conference, I am not sure if that could be coming at a later time. I think this money could be used to help fund our workers. There are workers in my region being laid off because there is no funding in the system. There are workers that need to be supported in the schools where family violence is often not talked about. So there are small children. We know what is happening in our communities.
I understand what the Minister is saying about bringing people together and talking and training. I think we need to really look at the workers in terms of supporting them, getting the funding to small communities. I am not too sure how this money is going to be rolled out in terms of community input, community involvement. There will be $75,000 spent in one organization, or go to the health boards to do their own surveys, to do their own recommendation. So I know what he's saying. I want to support the Minister and this is a very good initiative, but I think the money could be used, and that's just my opinion, for the front-line workers and the help they need. The conference could take place some other time. That's my opinion and I want the Minister to know that. I do support him in the issue of helping to deal with family violence in our community.