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Finance committee I need more than 30 seconds, Mr. Hoback.
May 31st, 2012Committee meeting
Linda Silas
Finance committee I mentioned before that it's a question of priority.
May 31st, 2012Committee meeting
Linda Silas
Finance committee —did not say to increase the cost of health care. I said to spend more smartly. Give continuous funding—
May 31st, 2012Committee meeting
Linda Silas
Finance committee —but spend more smartly.
May 31st, 2012Committee meeting
Linda Silas
Finance committee It's not a yes or no question, so I'm not going to be pinpointed there. But I—
May 31st, 2012Committee meeting
Linda Silas
Finance committee It should have actually done what it had promised to do: sit down at a table, as was done in 2003-3004, where it would have negotiated an agreement with the provinces concerning financial needs. There are things the provinces want regarding those financial needs. They want to kno
May 31st, 2012Committee meeting
Linda Silas
Finance committee One hundred fifty-eight thousand.
May 31st, 2012Committee meeting
Linda Silas
Finance committee We have to understand that our population is already quite old, with the average age being 48. We work at all hours of the day, all days of the week. This is not really an easy question for us, because of the shortage of nurses. Nurses are needed all the time, so we work all the
May 31st, 2012Committee meeting
Linda Silas
Finance committee Access to health care is a matter that the present and previous governments had made a priority. Some people have asked why we signed a health care accord in 2004. It was because parliamentarians were tired of being questioned about access to health care. And there were specific
May 31st, 2012Committee meeting
Linda Silas
Human Resources committee Perfect. I think I came with all my friends, but being a good New Brunswick emergency room nurse, you get a call on Friday to appear and you prepare and do the job. So I'm glad I'm here. If there are mistakes in my presentation, please accept my apology. You will receive a full
May 7th, 2013Committee meeting
Linda Silas
Human Resources committee We did that. From about 2002 to 2005-06, you saw a big increase in nursing graduates. We went from about 4,500 to 9,000. There was a big influx. The problem is that we're not finding jobs for them, so they go into another program. All nursing graduates, except a few courses in
May 7th, 2013Committee meeting
Linda Silas
Human Resources committee Yes. Honestly, that's how our workplace skills and development program or initiative was created about seven years ago. We got funding from there. You know, in this country, if you're a plumber, you can go for different apprenticeship programs with the help of the federal gover
May 7th, 2013Committee meeting
Linda Silas
Human Resources committee You need LPNs, licensed practical nurses, in the system. There are about 15,000 in the country. How many of them could go and take the RN program? That's a great question. We hear a lot of hearsay that they would be a strong component of it, but it wouldn't be an overflux. One, y
May 7th, 2013Committee meeting
Linda Silas
Human Resources committee Right now the federal government provides all the statistics—from CIHI, from Statistics Canada; all the statistics are there. What the federal government did before, and we did it through WSIB and through Health Canada, is bring that flexibility to employers, bring the researche
May 7th, 2013Committee meeting
Linda Silas
Human Resources committee Sadly, you've heard—
May 7th, 2013Committee meeting
Linda Silas