Thank you, Mr. Chair. I want committee to know and I want, you know, the Members to know, and as well as the public to know, that there was actually no program because there was no positions. They're all vacant. They have been vacant. You know, the vision of, yes, making Yellowknife a training ground but, you know, those are just visions. And, you know, and I hear the Member, and, you know, if that was something that was happening, you know, it would be very hard. But with the positions -- this has gone back many, many, many years. It's gone back to -- that there's been, you know, sporadic -- we'll get a midwife and then, you know, it's not successful. We don't have enough. The positions, they're not being filled. And so, you know, here we are now and having to make decisions within this government knowing that, you know, there's areas where we could utilize different, you know, areas of funding. We've heard from the Members loud and clear all of the needs that they want and all the new things that they want and all the new things that I want to do as a Minister to make changes, and so this money has to come from somewhere and these positions that were vacant for many years, you know, this is just one of the areas that we had to seriously take a look at. Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Lesa Semmler on Committee Motion 8-20(1): Tabled Document 93-20(1): Main Estimates 2024-2025, Deferral of Administrative and Support Services - Health and Social Services, Carried
In the Legislative Assembly on May 30th, 2024. See this statement in context.
Committee Motion 8-20(1): Tabled Document 93-20(1): Main Estimates 2024-2025, Deferral of Administrative and Support Services - Health and Social Services, Carried
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