Human Resources committee  Thank you very much for the question. I want to state that I very much appreciate the commitment to respect our provincial jurisdiction, in the same way that we respect the federal jurisdiction and welcome the federal leadership on a variety of issues. I want to also state that

Human Resources committee  I have a flight to catch. I'm sorry. I appreciate it, but I can't stay. Thanks.

Human Resources committee  In Nova Scotia we have 248 child care spaces that are on reserve. They are not regulated through the provincial government, so we do not interfere with or regulate those.

Human Resources committee  No, I can't find that money either.

Human Resources committee  I'm thinking of the three options, and the federal allocations that go to the other programming; I would be hard pressed to go to my colleagues and ask them to give me their dollars. I don't think they'd appreciate that very much. So I don't have any desire to start pillaging fu

Human Resources committee  No.

Human Resources committee  Nova Scotia signed. Your colleague down the way was at the ceremony. The Government of Nova Scotia of the day definitely did sign. But I see a big difference between that agreement and Bill C-303. The challenges I articulated earlier, whether it's jurisdiction or the administra

Human Resources committee  Thank you very much. One of the statements you made, I couldn't agree more with: we are all unique in our own ways. As provinces, as territories, as municipalities, culturally we are unique. That is why we believe in Nova Scotia that choice is so important. That's why one size

Human Resources committee  We've committed to a $137-million plan for the 10 years, but on the ground in the first five and sustained through the last five.

Human Resources committee  Certainly there are many components of the plan that can incorporate the Acadian communities and our francophones. The family home child care—we are working on the regulations as we speak, and hope to get them out the door very soon—I see as a key part for those communities, whic

Human Resources committee  Today is a new day. What happened in the past was celebrated in Nova Scotia. The event that I know you were at personally, I know Nova Scotia celebrated it. We certainly did sign and we did support that agreement.

Human Resources committee  That's additional dollars this year, Mr. Savage, yes.

Human Resources committee  It was $137 million.

Human Resources committee  The amount of $39.4 million.

Human Resources committee  The first two years.