Daryl Dolynny

Thank you, Madam Chair. I move that the Department of Health and Social Services, in conjunction with the health and social services authorities, perform a detailed assessment of the financial and human resource requirements for delivering child and family services; and further, that the department revisit this assessment periodically and identify any necessary changes.

Thank you, Minister Miltenberger. Mr. Aumond.

Thank you, Minister Miltenberger. We would like to echo those very same words on behalf of the House, Mr. St. Germaine. It is well deserved. Thank you for your years of service. We thank you very much. Sergeant-at-Arms, if you could please escort the witness out, please. Thank you.

Ms. Bisaro, what’s the wish of committee?

Thank you. What I’m really trying to get to the bottom here, as Members here we can only go on the descriptors that are provided to us as we lead up to discussion in Committee of the Whole here on the floor of the House. When I see increases of electricity rates and it’s clear that it may not be a rate issue, it may be the fact that, well, we had a shortfall on not calculating our proper use and we had more electrical use than we planned for, but if that’s the case then I should see a description that says, well, we missed the mark on our use, but we’re seeing a description here that says...

Thank you, Minister Miltenberger. I will now turn to the chair of the Standing Committee on Government Operations that considered the bill for opening comments. Mr. Nadli.

Thank you, Mr. Miltenberger. Does committee agree?

Thank you, Madam Chair. I move that all future Department of Health and Social Services business plans adopt as performance measures the indicators associated with Exhibits 3, 4, 5 and 6 of the Auditor General’s report.

Thank you, Mr. Miltenberger. Committee, we’re on Environment and Natural Resources. We’ll continue with Ms. Bisaro.

Does committee agree that Bill 9, Forgiveness of Debts Act, 2013-2014, is now ready for third reading?

---Bill 9 approved for third reading

Now we’re talking apples and apples, which is good to know. I guess what I have a hard time understanding here is our own government, our own Public Works and Services, was not aware of a rate increase which is clearly defined in our government. Everything that we’ve had in our business plans and, I think, the public at large was very much aware of the increases that we were going to have or that did occur here. What we’re saying here is that we didn’t anticipate the very same increases that we actually approved and this is why we’re seeing it as a supplementary expenditure. If I can get an...