David Ramsay

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Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I just found that to be a really interesting way of reporting that loss, that $231,000 as opposed to $3 million, so that it wasn’t really portrayed the way that I believe it probably should have been portrayed. I’d hate to think that any other program or service suffered as a result of your department having to try to find this money from within. The next question I have, Mr. Chairman, is the recommendation that’s before us in terms of the date. I’m wondering how optimistic the Minister is that a purchaser will be found for the Sirius plant so we can mitigate the...

Thank you, Mr. Braden. Mr. Roland.

Thank you, Mr. Minister. Back to 2-5, $3.116 million.

Mr. Menicoche.

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Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I would like to table a letter from the Minister of Municipal and Community Affairs to the Deton'Cho Corporation dated January 7, 2005. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Braden. Mr. Roland.

Agreed. Thank you, committee. Volume II, page 2-5, infrastructure investment summary for FMBS, $3.116 million. Mr. Braden.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I think it’s just a recurring thing throughout, and it was when we were going through the draft mains, to follow along and actually identify where that 25 percent cost-cutting measure was in terms of travel, because now it’s just back to where it was It’s hard to make that link. So I’ll leave it at that. Again, the thing for me is if you can have a budget of $64,000 in one year, I don’t understand why it goes up so much.

The other thing I wanted to mention, Mr. Chairman, is the formula. If you look across government, there’s a formula in most departments and this...