Human Resources committee  Jens.

Human Resources committee  Thank you again to Blake for bringing the motion forward. As a society, we want to see ourselves as compassionate, caring and able to provide these supports. Through all of the testimony we have heard, there have been a lot of common themes, common issues that have evolved thr

Human Resources committee  Is Sands a non-profit society that was generated out of this?

Human Resources committee  Thank you. Certainly, hearing the testimony as we've gone through this process has taken us to a lot of different places emotionally, in terms of dealing with it. Professor Dyregrov spoke to us in earlier testimony, and talked about his dissertation and the studies that they fo

Human Resources committee  Ms. LaFontaine, we're looking at psychological and emotional support, as well as financial support. Obviously it's difficult to separate those. Within the context of emotional and psychological support, do you see that falling primarily under our medical services plan—that's wher

Human Resources committee  Are you asking her to give a brief answer to a complex question?

Human Resources committee  Thank you. Professor, you made reference to a number of issues in talking about how we, as a country, can try to ensure as a principle that we're a compassionate, caring society, that we're able to provide supports and services to those people in greatest need. Would you think

Human Resources committee  I appreciate those principles, but how do you see taking those principles and implementing them within a bureaucracy and a structure of government, the values you're reflecting and the principles coming out of those values, but then taking those into a way to look at operationali

Human Resources committee  You mentioned there's a range of responses. You talked about some people going back to work earlier and getting a lot of support from their work environment, which helped them move through the grieving more quickly. What do you see as the parameters of flexibility with respect

Human Resources committee  You're saying there would be a firm deadline, and then you're suggesting people can apply to extend that deadline for particular circumstances—

Human Resources committee  —and those are the types of circumstances you would see.

Human Resources committee  You should try sitting on this side for a while.

Human Resources committee  Thank you; that's helpful.

Human Resources committee  If I'm an organization or a small business somewhere in a rural part of Manitoba and I'm not meeting the standards, are you suggesting we grant exemptions to small organizations, or is it to the whole business community? How do you break that down into an operational model?

Human Resources committee  Then would an individual organization be given an exemption because it was part of an area, or would I have to change my hardware and individually have to apply to you?