May 31, 2013 - Phoenix Sinclair Inquiry

B.A. CYR - DR.EX. (WALSH) MAY 31, 2013
D.L. ROUSSIN - DR.EX. (WALSH)
S.E. TAYLOR - DR.EX. (WALSH)
D.M. KNOL - DR.EX. (WALSH)
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and those communities and that reporting mechanisms are
reported through those business plans, would provide longer
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term sustainability, a level of accountability.
But the
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piece of the business plans, when you have outcomes and
targets, is that you can actually have them as not just
compliancy-driven but as quality drive, but we have to move
to a place in this province where we're not just looking at
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the numbers or just saying it's a compliancy issue.
We
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have to look at the practice deficit we have in this
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province, and that's what it is.
it --
And if we're not keeping
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MS. WALSH: What do you mean by that?
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MS. CYR:
Well, what I mean by that, and I'll
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just be blunt, in my experience in, in -- when we have wage
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parity, how do we compete with hiring staff?
How do we
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retain good staff?
I've worked with many staff in
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different systems that were inadequately trained, that the
difference between -- and you had mentioned, Diane, why do
staff stay in non-profits when you're not paying them.
It's because you can rally them around the cause. In child
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welfare, try rallying staff around the cause.
It's very,
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very difficult.
They're not as committed or motivated and
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that has been my direct experience.
Whereas in community
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agencies, because people tend to live and work in their
same community, tend to be pretty motivated about ensuring
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