David Ramsay

Thank you, Madam Chair. I guess where I’d like to start with this is the fact that the government is lapsing a number of projects from one year to the next and, as the Minister knows, this causes me a great deal of concern. The reason I bring that up -- and the Minister spoke of it in his opening comments -- is the fact that it begs the question of what the various departments out there are doing. Are they doing all the work that they’re supposed to be doing? Are they contracting what should be their responsibilities as employees out to various contractors in the hopes that they can do...

Total department, $1.784 million.

Thank you, Mr. Hawkins. Mr. Roland.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Chairman, I do believe this is part of the issue with expanding the terminal and including the security equipment and I believe it should come out, on an ongoing basis, of the increase of landing fees and terminal fees in addition to that money helping out with the capital costs. That’s an area the Minister should have looked at to try to recoup this money on an ongoing basis, so that it’s not something that appears in our budget from year to year. I will just leave that as a comment. There is a motion later to delete this amount, but I will listen to what my...

Thank you, Mr. Minister. Mr. Villeneuve.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, the $940,000, I didn’t hear the Minister say there was any money going to try to open up additional day care spaces. What is the plan to try to get some additional day care spaces? I think we have an opportunity with the $940,000 to at least get a program off the ground or establish some type of program to get more spaces. People need day care spaces and I think it’s incumbent upon the government and Minister to come up with a plan to address that need. How are we going to get more day care spaces? Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Community justice and corrections, $305,000.

Thank you, Mr. Hawkins. Mr. Roland.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Chairman, I am still trying to understand why it is that CATSA is not paying these additional costs. I haven’t heard that from the Minister yet. Why isn’t CATSA paying for the additional costs? The other thing is, I find it incredibly hard to believe that we need an electrician and a millwright to look after the conveyor system at the airport. Why can’t we go out and hire a millwright that is an electrician? Why do we need two people? Thank you, Mr. Chairman.

Thank you, Mrs. Groenewegen. Next on the list I have Mr. Villeneuve.