April 30, 2003
Implementation Of Human Rights Education Program
Question to Attorney General Geoff Plant During Budget Estimates
R. Lee: My last question here is about human rights education. I understand that the Ministry of Attorney General has the responsibility to implement a human rights education program to promote an understanding of the Human Rights Code. How many resources are located in this budget? What is the plan to do that?
Hon. G. Plant: I do apologize to the member. This is an issue that we canvassed at least once already in this debate. My recollection is that…. As the member knows, there is a clinic model that has been established, and that has resulted in contracts being entered into or about to be entered into with service providers who will have responsibility for, among other things, education. The range of the contract price associated with the relevant service provider is upwards of $1.3 million. There are also some dedicated staff in the ministry that are responsible for overseeing some of that work and will also be responsible for assisting in whatever other initiatives may be undertaken in relation to education.
That is a partial answer to the question. I think there may have been other parts of the debate of these estimates where there may be more information than I can get my fingers on right now.
