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Petition
Presented December 9, 2008
Long-term Care Facility for the Conception Bay North
Area
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MR. SPEAKER: The
hon. the Member for Port de Grave.
MR. BUTLER:
Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
Mr. Speaker, to be honest
with all hon. members in the House, I was not going to
stand today with a petition on a long-term care
facility, but when I heard the tremendous applause our
leader got on her first question about the statement
today, I said I cannot miss this opportunity.
My hon. colleague from
the District of Carbonear–Harbour Grace, the Minister
of Finance and President of Treasury Board, I was going
to let him go today, where he had to come down with his
financial statement on the economy and so on, but I want
to take this opportunity again today to present a
petition on behalf of the residents of the Conception
Bay North and the Trinity South areas with regard to the
long-term care facility for Conception Bay North.
My hon. colleagues in
that particular area know the two facilities that I
reference, and I am sure all hon. members, if they went
there, would want to see something done with those
facilities.
I understand that when
this government took over in 2003, as they stated, they
did not have the financial abilities that they have
today, and the proposal that was put forward for a
long-term care facility for Conception Bay North was
placed on hold. No problem with that, Mr. Speaker, but
the economy has changed, four new facilities have been
built in this Province in various areas, and all I am
doing is asking the government, on behalf of the
residents on that area, if they would reconsider the
recommendation that came forward in 2007, and hopefully
that we would hear some good news in the budget this
year with regard to a long-term care facility for the
Conception Bay North area.
Thank you, Mr. Speaker. |
