May 31, 2013 - Phoenix Sinclair Inquiry

B.D. MCKENZIE - DR.EX. (OLSON) MAY 31, 2013
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welfare system and we have the non-government sector also
playing an important and key role.
And in terms of funding, and that's a very
legitimate question in these kinds of times, it does
require some additional funding but it also requires us to
look whether we can find some efficiencies in the way we
do, currently do business so that that money can be used in
different ways than it is currently being used.
Q I see. On the topic of efficiencies there's,
there's two points I want to -- two questions I want to ask
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you about.
One relates to evidence we heard from Kerry
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McCuaig, and that's the way things are sort of set up now
there are all sorts of community agencies all over the
place providing different services and it's a bit of a mixmash
ad hoc sort of picture.
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Right.
And what she was advocating is sort of one
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government umbrella providing streamlined services that
it's clear where they're coming from and, you know, the
funding is clear and it's, it's, you know, clear model. Is
that something you've looked at or have any thoughts on?
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Well, I haven't looked at it in detail, but I
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would say this:
The more, the more organizations you have
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in the community, it does exacerbate the difficulty of
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coordination.
And we have a lot of sort of community
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