Daryl Dolynny

Total department, not previously authorized, $250,000. Does committee agree?

Thank you, Mr. Miltenberger. Again, thanks to Mr. Kalgutkar and Mr. Aumond for joining us today. Committee, general comments. Mr. Bromley.

Total department, not previously authorized, negative $428,000. Does committee agree?

Thank you, Mr. Miltenberger. Mr. Aumond.

Thank you, Mr. Hawkins, for the comments from the committee. Minister Beaulieu, do you have witnesses that you’d like to bring into the House today?

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Yesterday during question period the Member for Range Lake was placed on notice by the Finance Minister for the second time this session. This time I have questions about tobacco tax collection, so I’m hoping the esteemed Minister had a chance to review and refresh himself with the recently tabled public accounts before the House. I hope we can return to questions without scoring a hat trick of unfortunate notices.

Can the Minister of Finance indicate to the House where his department gets their statistical data on tobacco purchases, use, tax collection and audits and is...

Thank you, Ms. Bisaro. We’re just going to circulate that motion.

Thank you, committee. The motion is order. The motion is carried.

---Carried

Committee, we are going to continue on to Tabled Document 51-17(5), Supplementary Estimates (Operations Expenditures), No. 4, 2012-2013. We will go to Minister Miltenberger for opening comments.

Thank you, Ms. Bisaro. We’ll ask Minister Miltenberger just for that one comment. Minister Miltenberger.

Program delivery support, not previously authorized, $567,000.

Thank you, Mr. Yakeleya, for those comments. For general comments, I have Mr. Bouchard.