Kevin O'Reilly

Thank you, Mr. Chair. The amount of money in this line is decreasing over time. Is that what we can expect in the future as well? I am just not sure what we are getting out of the secondary industry at this point. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thanks, Mr. Chair. I appreciate the commitment by the Minister. I’m just trying to understand, are we still voting on the number that’s listed over on page 246? Does that change in some amount, or I just don’t understand how this is going to appear. Presumably, the departmental budget overall is not changing, but we’re talking about… The Minister talked about some internal reallocations. How does that show up in the mains? Thanks, Mr. Chair.

Thanks, Mr. Chair. Is that the public accounts then? Thanks Mr. Chair.

Thanks, Mr. Chair. I presume that we’re in the right section here, so what’s the funding for the Mineral Industry Advisory Board? Thanks, Mr. Chair.

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.