Bob Bromley

Mr. Chairman, obviously that is an amazing list including our plans for going forward here. If we are going to fund that internally, if we have to -- and $200 million to this federal government must be a bit of a daunting figure to contemplate -- what exact planning are we doing internally as to where we would take the resources and how we would redistribute our existing resources to make sure that some of my clients get their dialysis done twice a week and the Foundation for Change starts and so on? Thank you.

Comments from committee. Ms. Bisaro.

Mr. Chairman, thank you for that information. Just so I don’t waste time, does the Minister have any insight or information here that causes her not to be at all concerned about not getting this renewed when it comes April 1st? Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Krutko. There was no question there. Committee, we are on page 8-11, information item, active positions - health and social services authorities. Agreed?

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Just on that, a follow-up to my colleague’s questions, we have thrown out some numbers in previous years when we discussed the budget but, as I recall, just for confirmation, I think the realm of contention for these federal dollars was in the tens of millions of dollars, fairly substantial to this government. Is that a correct understanding?

My other question here is under contract services. I see a 50 percent decline there. I note it bounced up the year before. Is there a ready explanation for that that the Minister can share? Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Krutko. Minister Lee.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Thank you for those comments. We’ve become pretty good over the years at monitoring the caribou at their calving grounds. It’s been a long process, but I think the counts now are at least statistically sound and so on, and increasingly reliable. But to date we have not been able to measure or count dead caribou. That has greatly reduced our ability to manage the current situation and the past situation that’s allowed this to develop. What is the Minister doing to enable us to be able to count accurately dead caribou and thus actually manage the harvest in a sound and...

Thank you, Mr. Chairman, and thank you for the comments from both Ministers and I certainly, for one -- and I am sure the other interveners -- want to stay squeaky clean, so I appreciate the guidance there. Has the Department of Health received a schedule for their input to the Minister of Environment and Natural Resources on the response timing? Mahsi.

Thank you. We’re on page 8-10, information item, active position summary. Agreed?