David Ramsay

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I will keep this fairly brief, and I'll just go back to some comments that some other Members had in that it's only going to cost a box of doughnuts; $7.54 a year or whatever. In the Minister's opening remarks, he talks of the basic level of that tax bracket that you'll see an increase of $7.54. At the beginning of the upper tax bracket of $110,000, you'll see an increase of $227. Mr. Chairman, those numbers paint the rosiest picture possible. I've done the math on what the government is intending to raise, and if you do the math on that tax bracket; that first...

Clause 4.

Thank you, Mr. Minister. Mr. Hawkins, you can slide in one more question.

Thank you, Mr. Minister. Ms. Lee.

Thank you. I guess I got a little ahead of myself and the motion wasn't passed out to Members before we voted on it, but it is concluded. We are on page…We have another motion? Okay, to page 2-67, total operations expense, $8.463 million.

Excuse me, Mr. Minister. The question was on page 2-13, and that was other expenses under the Commissioner's office. If I could have you read into the record the breakdown on other expenses.

Page 2-27, detail of work performed on behalf of third parties, total department, $6,000.

We are not quite done yet. There is a motion on the floor to report progress is not debatable. All those in favour? All those opposed? The motion is defeated.

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Thank you, Mr. Hawkins. Is committee agreed that the Legislative Assembly is concluded?

Thank you, Madam Chair. How many employees are in the various regions? For instance in Fort Smith where there are telephone bills of $70,000, is that for the whole of Public Works and Services in that region?

Thank you, Mr. Minister. Mr. Menicoche.