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Debates of , 16th Assembly, 5th Session (day 47)

Thank you, Mr. Abernethy. Premier Roland.

Debates of , 16th Assembly, 5th Session (day 47)

Page 2-22, Executive, activity summary, executive operations, grants and contributions, total grants and contributions, $390,000.

Debates of , 16th Assembly, 5th Session (day 47)

Once again the Minister builds my case for me. We have done very little for at least 12 of the last 16 years. I think in the last four years we’ve started to move on these things. That’s a disappointment, I suppose, in government, that the public justifiably has. I appreciate the remarks from the Minister.

Debates of , 16th Assembly, 5th Session (day 47)

I could have sworn I heard a Member of the Cabinet say that was on hold. Repeatedly say that, in fact. I’d like to point out that these things have been continually raised. The Premier or Minister of Executive continually deflects things by saying this is a responsibility of MACA. I admit MACA does have some pretty modest voluntary sector programs in the area of sports and so on. In the area where we have voluntary work on critical services like mental health, harbour from family violence, accountability on behalf of the land, and so on, these are served by many other departments. There’s a...

Debates of , 16th Assembly, 5th Session (day 47)

Thank you, Minister. Next on my list I have Mr. Krutko.

Debates of , 16th Assembly, 5th Session (day 47)

I guess one last question on this. Do we get federal dollars on this to allow this to happen?

Debates of , 16th Assembly, 5th Session (day 47)

Page 2-14, Executive, activity summary, directorate, grants and contributions, grants, $185,000.

Debates of , 16th Assembly, 5th Session (day 47)

Thank you, Mr. Stewart. Page 2-22, Executive, activity summary, executive operations, grants and contributions, grants, total grants, $350,000.

Debates of , 16th Assembly, 5th Session (day 47)

I appreciate that. Can we expect this amount to go up the following fiscal year? Are we projecting it to go up based on what we know now? Are there programmed increases expected the following fiscal year related to the changes we made in 2011-2012?

Debates of , 16th Assembly, 5th Session (day 47)

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. My questions are for the Minister of Executive. They are on the voluntary sector. I’d like to start by just quickly looking at our record during the life of our term. The first thing we did was cut out the Volunteer Support Initiative. Now we’ve dropped the multi-year funding for those providing critical services; that seems to be on hold. We’ve continually refused to install an office of capacity building in the Department of Executive, as the sector has called for repeatedly at committee and by Members. We’ve established a modest Stabilization Fund which is directed...