Kevin O'Reilly

Thanks, Mr. Chair. These project officers, they would be the ones that would be overseeing this work, so we would be expending part of our O and M resources to manage this RCMP housing construction and so on? Thanks, Mr. Chair.

Thanks, Mr. Chair. On this page, program detail, it says other program costs, there are $17 million in there. I think I understand what it is, but it would be much more helpful if that could be split out in some way. We are talking about economic diversification and business support. To have $17 million sort of lumped together is not really very helpful for the public or Regular MLAs in understanding how we are actually investing that money. Could I ask the Minister if he and his staff could undertake in the future to provide an actual breakdown here, so we could see what sort of funding is...

Thanks, Mr. Chair. Yes—. We are still looking at 249, contributions. There is tourism diversification program. There’s a reduction from 201516, and can the Minister or staff explain the reduction? It appears in mains. Thanks, Mr. Chair.

Thanks, Mr. Chair. I appreciate that commitment from the Minister, and it’s something that I’ll certainly be watching very carefully because I’m sure we all want to work towards improving our housing and getting it out of core need. As new federal dollars come in, we shouldn’t be withdrawing our funding as well or during that period as well. Thanks, Mr. Chair. It’s more of a comment.

Thanks, Mr. Chair. If it’s not core funding, what is the funding actually for? Thanks, Mr. Chair.

Thanks, Mr. Chair. I know that we’ve started to talk a little bit about RCMP housing. I wanted to ask, so somewhere in the budget for this year, though, there must be some resources devoted to actually building or managing the construction of RCMP housing in 201617. Would that be right? Thanks, Mr. Chair.

Yes, thanks Mr. Chair. I’m not sure how to approach this because I’ve asked, and now this will be third time I’ve asked for information to be compiled about staffing changes that are presented in the budget and we still don’t have it. We’ve just finished the Housing Corp. In any event, I’ve asked twice now different Ministers, the Finance Minister, the Minister of Education, Culture and Employment, if we could get this information consolidated. I believe it’s impeding my ability as an MLA to be able to review the budget. I asked over 10 days ago now, I believe, for this information, I still...

Thanks, Mr. Chair. No more questions.

Thanks, Mr. Chair. I appreciate the explanation. How much of that $2.2 million is actual federal funding? Thanks, Mr. Chair.

I think I’ll pass for now, Mr. Chair, because I’ve got some other things I’d like to explore on this page. Thanks, Mr. Chair.