On a regular basis, I badger the Minister of Finance and the Premier to give me more policy staff so I can pursue some of these types of initiatives, but, in the end, ECE does a lot of work. We provide a lot of people with a lot of support, and that's what the focus is on right now, especially during the pandemic. I would love to be able to go out and get some more policy staff to do this type of work in the background, but I think that the staff we have right now are doing a great job at delivering services that are needed and being adaptive and responsive to the situation and, in this environment, those staff can learn from what's happening right now and work toward those types of improvements. Because, you know, this pandemic has taught everyone a lot of lessons, and I'm going to make sure that those lessons don't go to waste.
R.J. Simpson on Question 236-19(2): Guaranteed Basic Income and Income Support Programs
In the Legislative Assembly on May 27th, 2020. See this statement in context.
Question 236-19(2): Guaranteed Basic Income and Income Support Programs
Oral Questions
May 27th, 2020
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