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Debates of
, 16th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 16)
Thank you, Minister McLeod. Any further follow-up on these two pages? On active positions? Mr. Abernethy.
Debates of
, 16th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 16)
Thank you, Mr. Minister. I’d like to call on the chairperson of the Standing Committee on Government Operations, which has responsibility for reviewing the Department of Human Resources, to make comments on the committee’s review of the departmental estimates. Mr. Menicoche.
Debates of
, 16th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 16)
Thank you, Mr. McLeod. Nothing further, Mr. Abernethy? Moving on, Mr. Krutko.
Debates of
, 16th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 16)
Thank you, Minister McLeod. Yes, Mr. Robert McLeod.
Debates of
, 16th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 16)
I’d like to call the Committee of the Whole back to order for review of the Main Estimates for the Department of Human Resources.
Debates of
, 16th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 16)
Thank you, Ms. Woodward. Follow-up, Mr. Abernethy.
Debates of
, 16th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 16)
Thank you, Mr. McLeod. Seeing no further questions on pages 2-52 and 2-53, we’ll move to our first votable item. Sorry. Mr. McLeod.
Debates of
, 16th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 15)
Mr. Speaker, I seek unanimous consent to conclude my statement.
Unanimous consent granted.
Debates of
, 16th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 15)
Thank you, Mr. Speaker, and thank you for those comments, Mr. Minister. I don’t really disagree with any of them, except that I wouldn’t throw out history like that. I think we need to make use of the information we’ve got in the past.
I’d also like to point out we’ve done things in a rush here. We’ve got to get in gear. I disagree that we have to rush things, given that we have this $25 million unexpected surplus, which is about what we had anticipated in the reductions this year. So I don’t quite see the hurry that the Premier’s in.
Debates of
, 16th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 15)
My question is for the Minister of Finance. Given that our estimate of operating surplus at $44 million has risen now to $69 million — that’s a $25 million difference — and we’ve firmed up the Building Canada Fund…. I think we’re $12 million to $15 million this year and then $35 million per year. Given that our intent, laid out before that, was to have a net savings of $30 million a year, considerably less than the sum of these, do these affect the budget? Do these affect the perspectives? Is there a little more opportunity for doing things a little differently?
I understood the Premier’s...