Bob Bromley

Mr. Chair, I move that this committee strongly recommends that the Department of Public Works and Services bring forward a proposal to allocate a portion of profits from sales of petroleum products to initiatives to reduce greenhouse gas emissions for the benefit of those communities where the revenue is generated.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I’d like to request a response to my question from the Minister, who must know what I’m going to ask. Thank you very much.

Laughter.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. Just a quick one. I’m wondering what the grant-in-kind was that apparently was stopped last year, that didn’t continue this year. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Jacobson. Any more general comments? Moving on to the response from the Minister. Minister McLeod.

Mr. Krutko.

So perhaps after this response you could lay out your general comments. We’ll get other general comments and have the Minister respond. Minister McLeod.

Thank you, Mr. Hawkins. We haven’t come to the detail yet, but I understand your questions are on the opening comments. Mr. McLeod.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. I appreciated the Minister’s opening comments here. I agree that Public Works and Services is a very essential partner in the achievement of government-wide goals, as he stated. A big one I’ve been emphasizing — and I know many people in this department have shown some interest in it — is dealing with our energy crunch and our environmental issues associated with greenhouse gas emissions. There’s sort of a happy overlap of a couple of problems that can be addressed with the same solutions.

I see one of the things mentioned is fuel services for residents, businesses and...

Thank you, Mr. Cummings. I’d like to move on now to Mr. Hawkins.

Page 6-15, Operations Expenditures Summary, votable activity: $6.780 million. Questions? All agreed?

Department of Health and Social Services, Activity Summary, Directorate, Operations Expenditure Summary: $6.780 million, approved.