Thank you, Mr. Chairman. We couldn’t do that to authorities. We couldn’t ask them to do something unless we could provide the funding. To have a 24-hour phone line for every authority, going by the H1N1 flu line, those are very, very expensive program options. We have to make a decision. It’s a duplication of service. Yet nothing stops us from requiring the authorities as long as we are willing to provide the funding. A 24-hour phone line will require two to three staff. That’s, right away, $300,000, and that’s people with knowledge about addictions. If we were to do that to all six authorities, right there it’s at least a couple million dollars. I don’t have a couple million dollars sitting around. Thank you.
Sandy Lee on Consideration in Committee of the Whole of Bills and Other Matters
In the Legislative Assembly on February 9th, 2011. See this statement in context.
Consideration in Committee of the Whole of Bills and Other Matters
Consideration in Committee of the Whole of Bills and Other Matters
February 8th, 2011
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