Bob Bromley

Thank you, Ms. Bisaro. Mr. McLeod.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. I know a lot of our residents are concerned about rescue services on our highways and so on. My understanding is that there is an advisory committee that the department leads, co-leads with Health and Social Services and it includes representation from Transportation and Finance, community governments and so on. I’m wondering what the status of that committee’s work is. Apparently the goal is to produce legislative funding governments and policy framework for these services that are currently being delivered by community governments. So where are we at and are we putting...

It’s certainly an issue for agricultural land and I believe the lead might be ITI, which might be why you haven’t heard about it, but it speaks to the stovepipes that we’re continually dealing with. So I guess I just ask the Minister to look into that and see if there’s an opportunity to help out our public who are interested in accessing more agricultural land and I’ll leave it at that. Thank you.

Thank you, committee. Does committee agree that that concludes the Department of Municipal and Community Affairs?

Thank you, Ms. Bisaro. Committee, we are on page 6-21, activity summary, Municipal and Community Affairs, community operations, operations expenditure summary, $2.854 million. Agreed?

Contributions, $13.188 million.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I just wanted to give a quick response to the Minister’s comments and a bit of reflection on where I’ll be coming from with my more specific questions.

I’d like to start with the 6 percent increase. That’s quite high. I see we had a target of 3.6 and that’s going to vary from department to department, but I see this as a substantial increase for this department. We are committed to 3 percent increase hereafter. This is a good opportunity to start being more responsible with our dollars. We’re losing flexibility as we approach our borrowing limit here. Again, I don’t see...

Thank you. Is there a formula for Commissioner’s land along highways? Is there a setback that is Commissioner’s land where we have a territorial highway or any guidance there? Thank you.

Page 6-43... Order, please. Committee, order! Page 6-43, information item, Municipal and Community Affairs, work performed on behalf of others, continued. Questions?

Thank you, Ms. Bisaro. Is that on this page or is that on regional operations? I know there is infrastructure on this page. I see operations and maintenance on regional operations. Perhaps it is here too. Minister, would you comment?