May 31, 2013 - Phoenix Sinclair Inquiry
May 31, 2013 - Phoenix Sinclair Inquiry
May 31, 2013 - Phoenix Sinclair Inquiry
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B.A. CYR - DR.EX. (WALSH) MAY <strong>31</strong>, <strong>2013</strong><br />
D.L. ROUSSIN - DR.EX. (WALSH)<br />
S.E. TAYLOR - DR.EX. (WALSH)<br />
D.M. KNOL - DR.EX. (WALSH)<br />
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like the fact that Healthy Child goes from zero to 18, so<br />
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that.<br />
But on another hand, I'm looking at that I don't<br />
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want anybody to be in charge, I want where we come to the<br />
table, where we are valued and respected as an equal<br />
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partner because we do do the front line.<br />
I am so tired of<br />
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being at meetings where we're consulted but it's after the<br />
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fact, to validate what they want to implement.<br />
It's about<br />
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bring us in at the beginning and work with us there.<br />
So I<br />
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would say, if I'm just looking provincially, because I also<br />
have federal funding which brings up a whole bunch of other<br />
different issues, but provincially it would be Healthy<br />
Child because they have the mandate zero to 18 and they do<br />
look, there's enough ministers with a diverse portfolio<br />
there to look holistically at children if it was done in a<br />
good way.<br />
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MS. WALSH:<br />
And so you're saying collaboration<br />
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means being an equal partner?<br />
MS. TAYLOR: Yes.<br />
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MS. WALSH:<br />
Which, of course, is what we heard<br />
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from Shauna MacKinnon and the study that I think probably<br />
many of you participated in, the results of community-based<br />
organizations' views on, I think the topic was<br />
accountability, and you talked about needing to be an equal<br />
partner.<br />
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MS. ROUSSIN:<br />
It was about who gets to define<br />
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