2009-05-29
07:41:32
The Ministry of Health is getting rid of a major Northwestern Health Unit initiative.
The Youth Action Alliance program will cease at the end of August. Tobacco Strategy Manager Jennifer McKibbon says its devastating to see such a successful program come to an end.
"I'm just deeply disappointed about the fact they have cancelled the program," says McKibbon. "We have been working with youth for about four years and what a difference this made to the deliver of some of the programs, particularly around tobacco prevention."
"You know faced with the fact that a number of people are going to be laid off, and that's always tough."
The program employees two full time and one part-time staff, along 16-part time youth staff across northwestern Ontario.
