I’m aware of a couple of community service organizations that run Early Childhood programs here. One good example would be the toy lending library; and then, of course, we have the Four Plus programs that are running throughout. I’m just wondering how they’re coordinated throughout to ensure we’re providing consistent programming and to ensure these program providers have both the skills and competencies to be able to do this job.
The issue for me, really, is…. Are we also using our resources wisely? I often wonder if somebody took the time just to bring a few of these groups under one umbrella, we’d probably get a bigger bang for the buck. As everybody’s trying to pull back funding and finding new ways to fund things with less money — trying to get more out of it with less of a buck — I see this as an area that requires better coordination. With that said, I just wondered what the Minister thought of that proposal in that regard, so they work a little tighter together.