The MLA for Yellowknife Centre used the word “mismanagement” on Friday and I believe that’s the reason why he apologized today. I don’t know for sure. So I would like the Member for Great Slave to reconsider what he said.
As the Member knows, because that’s his background, and I understand -- well, he lets us know that’s his background -- the CHN program is run by Human Resources, so if he’s suggesting somebody mismanaged, perhaps the Minister of HR should answer to that. I am not disagreeing with the Member that we need to review this, but it is quite something else to say I don’t believe anything you say and you’re mismanaging. That’s not fair to the staff.
I said earlier that we need to look at it and I’m sure the Member is interested in that because I know he’s interested in health and social services, and I’m telling you that as we go forward there are lots of demands for HR needs in helping social services. We need to train our home care workers, because we want to expand our program. We need to expand counselling services, so there’s a need for training in that. We’ve been training nurses, northern nurses, which has been hugely successful, but in the next three years we’re going to get 70 to 80 nurses. So we need to look at our Human Resource Training Program and the Member being a Member of the Standing Committee on Social Programs, he’d have lots to add to that.
So, Mr. Chairman, I’m not sure if I could do anything more if the Members don’t want to accept what we are saying, but I want to offer again that it is high time for us to look at who we are training, how we are training, how we are using Aurora College services, how we could work together between Health and Social Services and Education, and I’m committed to coming back to the committee with the information in hand and make decisions together about how we move forward. Thank you.