Mr. Chairman, I know the Minister gave me a long answer, but it really didn’t answer the question that I had. That is, where is the CHN program, the Community Health Nurse Program at Aurora College in 2011-12? It’s not there. It’s not on the academic calendar. I’m trying to understand why it’s not there when the Minister is stating all the good reasons why it should be. That’s the issue that I’m bringing up, Mr. Chairman.
The Minister says she didn’t mean to say that northern nursing grads weren’t trained enough to get out of the program and into jobs. She might not have meant to say that, but that’s what she said. That’s why they’re offended. Because the Minister said, “I don’t think they’d be able to apply for a job from the website.” That’s offensive. That’s a program from the University of Victoria. A reputable, reputable school. The answer the Minister provided me the other day where she talked about the 11 grads last year, there were two of them that got jobs on their own. They didn’t go through the Graduate Placement Program, even though I think the Minister thought that 11 of them did. They didn’t. Two of them got jobs on their own. And you know what? Nursing graduates from universities across the country apply on jobs that are posted on websites across this country and get jobs. That happens, Mr. Chairman. Again, I think it was offensive what the Minister said the other day in regard to our northern nursing students and I think she owes them an apology, at the very least.
Again, I want to ask the Minister where is the Community Health Nursing Program. Why is it not on the academic calendar? I really, really want to know that. Why isn’t it on the academic calendar for 2011-12 at Aurora College? Thank you.