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Petition
Presented March 23, 2009
To establish a long-term care facility
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MR. SPEAKER: The
hon. the Member for the District of Port de Grave.
MR. BUTLER: Thank
you, Mr. Speaker.
Knowing that Budget Day
is coming up on Thursday, I said I will give it one last
kick at the cat. I will not have a petition tomorrow.
Mr. Speaker, to begin
again, I was not going to have a petition today but
seeing the Budget is coming up on Thursday - and I was
very gracious to the minister, he responded when he got
my presentation during the consultations on the budget
process, and I want to thank him for that.
This will be my last
petition now until after the Budget, and hopefully, I
will not have to get up anymore. It is in reference to
the long-term care facility. I keep saying in the
Conception Bay North area, but in actual fact, those two
facilities that we are looking at replacing are right in
the town of Carbonear and I have no problem where this
goes ahead, in whose district it is in is not the issue.
Mr. Speaker, everyone
would love to see it in their district, but that is not
my issue here today. I just want the government to have
a look at it because this has been on the go for a
while. In 2007 it was recommended that a long-term care
facility be built in the Conception Bay North area. I
know the minister put forward in last year’s Budget $1
million, and hopefully it is there this year and
hopefully Cabinet will look graciously upon it and we
will hear an announcement in this year’s budget. Since
we last sat I have heard from many people, various
groups and organizations and I know the minister heard
various comments about it during his budget
consultations in his area.
Mr. Speaker, I just want
to say that hopefully government will look favourable
upon this facility. We are very gracious for all the
other areas that have a facility that came on stream
after the one was recommended for the Conception Bay
North area. All I say, Mr. Speaker, is I hope government
and the minister in their wisdom will see to it that
this week when the Budget is announced, that there will
be some announcement for the long-term care facility for
the Conception Bay North area.
Thank you very much. |
