Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, discussions with the UNW began last fall, when we planned the labour market supplement to ensure that we had their input in designing that, and those discussions then continued and they continued so that there would be, you know, an awareness of while we were doing what we were doing around the labour market supplement. And there was a process that was taken, on our part, knowing full well and having seen what happened with the obstetrics unit, that registered nurses would certainly appear to fall well within that labour market policy. So we were certainly taking the view that that would be the first application of it, certainly the expected first application of the labour market supplement. And I've realized that the UNW may have wanted to see it expanded to include many more potential positions but under the labour market supplement policy that we see, it was certainly thought that that's where we should start. And we've always said that it would be our effort and our intention to expand it in due course and are happy to have those discussions in due course, but for now, we were putting some parameters around the application of the policy, and that's unfortunately where we've landed, Mr. Speaker.
Caroline Wawzonek on Question 969-19(2): Labour Market Supplement
In the Legislative Assembly on March 2nd, 2022. See this statement in context.
Question 969-19(2): Labour Market Supplement
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