Thank you, Mr. Chairman. First, I just wanted to say that I strongly support the comments of my colleague Ms. Bisaro with regard to the Stabilization Fund. We requested that there be a tune-up in the timing and whatnot on this and the Premier responded in spades. I know that’s really appreciated by a lot of the groups out there. Thank you for that.
I especially agree with the need to recognize those who are not providing services to government. They actually are, it’s just that we don’t recognize them in a formal way. They are often working on the commons and so on. I would recommend something, or request consideration of something, like an equivalent fund just called a support fund for NGOs. Have a Stabilization Fund or whatever for those who do provide services. Something like that. I think that’s a degree of attention that’s required there. That’s just a comment. I welcome any feedback.
My first question is with regard to strategic planning, I see there’s advice and support for cross-
government planning activities, an increasingly important role, I think, as we realize how difficult it is to deal with silos, and this government is dealing with them. I wonder what resources are we putting into that, if that can be generalized. Perhaps it can’t. What programs? I know the anti-poverty one is one. I’m wondering if there’s a component of that to the early childhood development, if the Executive is involved in the mental health court, the whole prevention approach. If there are some general comments on that, it would be appreciated.