Mr. Chairman, before we go to the vote on this, I did want to close out the discussion. I think what you see in this motion runs through this entire discussion that we’re having on the ’08–09 budget. It’s no fault of the Justice Minister; it’s no fault of the departmental staff. The reductions that are proposed to take place have not been well thought out, have not been well planned, have not been well communicated, and that is the fundamental issue that I have. Some of the other Regular Members share those concerns, Mr. Chairman.
It’s all nice and good for the Minister to say that there is a possibility that the two impacted employees in this program area are going to move up to case management or they’re going to get other positions. That’s all fine and good. Once that decision is made, will that actually happen? I don’t know. Who’s communicating that to the employees? I don’t think anybody’s communicating that to the employees. I don’t think the management at the facility is communicating that. It’s the first I’ve heard of that.
I think this is just a systemic problem of poor planning and poor communication on the budget in its entirety. This motion is just a microcosm of that.
Again, in practice, will it impact the frequency and the reliability of program delivery at that centre? I think it will, Mr. Chairman.