Lesa Semmler on Question 1220-20(1): Progress on Child and Family Services Strategy and Action Plan

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. So when we look at the past auditor general reports, with 2014 and then 2018, you know, there has been some -- there has been progress and there was evidence in progress between 2014 to 2018, you know, and now where we are with tracking with the progress. And I do like to highlight that. When we look back at this system, this is a very complex system. It's a high turnover system. We have, you know, many communities that -- that, you know, as we said, like we struggle with recruitment into some of the smallest and remote communities. And now we're, you know, over the years, we've been struggling with the change in what has been going on in homes. Because when you look at things that have been happening in homes from prior to the first audit to now to where we are today and all of the review that we've done, we've had to constantly pivot to how we support families. And with the recruitment challenges, you know, the training that we're doing to support and reinforce, and the prevention and the positions that we're putting into family preservation is a huge difference, and it's something that was never seen before. So thank you, Mr. Speaker.