Wendy Bisaro

Thank you, committee. Thank you, Minister Miltenberger. Committee, we’re on pages 11-6 and 11-7. Any questions, committee? Page 11-6, 11-7, activity summary, wildlife, infrastructure investment summary, total infrastructure investment summary, $286,000. We are agreed?

I will now rise and report progress. Thank you, committee.

Thank you, committee. Thank you to the witnesses for your attendance here today. Thank you, Minister Ramsay. Sergeant-at-Arms, if you would please escort the witnesses from the Chamber.

Okay, committee, we’ll move onto the Department of Environment and Natural Resources, page 11-2, department summary, infrastructure investment summary, total infrastructure investment summary, $1.861 million. We will defer this page until we’ve concluded the department. We’ll move onto page 11-6, activity summary, wildlife, infrastructure investment summary, total infrastructure investment summary, $286,000...

Just a couple of comments to the Minister. I do believe that the Dementia Centre is owned by the government. There was a great deal of consternation when that happened, so I’m pretty sure that it’s owned by the government.

With regard to Mildred Hall and J.H. Sissons not appearing in the capital plan, the budget document that’s been tabled doesn’t show future years, but I’m very pleased to hear the Minister say that Mildred Hall and J.H. Sissons will be in ’14-15, because that’s not the information that we were given at committee. I’m very glad to hear the Minister say that on record, because...

Thanks to the Minister for that commitment. I look forward to seeing that report made public. I guess I still don’t quite understand the rationale for this current situation, so I would like to ask the Minister again: Is there a reason why the report would not be tabled before the management response is prepared?

Thank you, Minister Lafferty. I have nobody else on the list. Are there any other questions? Mr. Bromley.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I would like to follow up with the Minister of Education, Culture and Employment. I’m a little confused about some of the information that he was giving me with regard to the Student Financial Assistance Program review. I understood the Minister to say that the document or report has been done. There has been a response from management – I presume that to be the department staff – and that he as a Minister must review that before anything can be made public.

I’d like to ask the Minister why the report must remain private before the Minister determines the response. Why...

Thank you, Minister Lafferty. Mr. Moses.

To the Minister, he’s telling me that it’s public information and yet the report is not in the public realm. I’m having a little trouble understanding how he references it as being public.

So to the Minister, since the report is not yet available to the public and the recommendations are not there so that the public and Members can discuss them, I’d like to ask the Minister if he could give me a bit of a summary of what the recommendations in the report are.

Thank you, Mr. Dolynny. Minister Lafferty.