Bob Bromley

Page 2-17, Department of Executive, activity summary, Ministers’ offices, operations expenditure summary, $3.597 million.

Page 2-29, Executive, activity summary, Cabinet support. Ms. Bisaro.

Thank you. We’ll do that, but we’ll take a short break first.

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Thank you, Mr. Roland. Before I go back to Mr. Krutko, are there any other questions on page 2-21? Seeing none, Mr. Krutko.

Mr. Chairman, thanks to the Minister for that confirmation. I think we have often commented on the volatility of our corporate income tax and the difficulty it poses for us. I suppose it would be too much to ask to deal with it and do in those rules and regulations that allow them to manipulate their income in order to have income tax minimized and create this sort of volatility. Thanks.

Thank you, Ms. Bisaro. Minister Roland.

Page 2-25, Executive, activity summary, Public Utilities Board, operations expenditure summary, $438,000.

I’d like to call the Committee of the Whole together. Colleagues, we have before us consideration of tabled documents 4, 30, 38, 62, 75, 103, 133, and 135, as well we have 156, 157, and we have Bills 4, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19 and 20; and Ministers’ statements 65-16(5) and 88-16(5). What is the wish of committee, Mrs. Groenewegen?

Go ahead, Mr. Krutko.

I realize that. It just was sort of portrayed as a bit of a surprise and I wondered... Perhaps it wasn’t a surprise and perhaps it’s just an explanation of the increase. I guess I’ll just drop it.