Statements in Debates
School of Community Government, not previously authorized, $1.040 million.
Tourism and parks, not previously authorized, $122,000.
Minister of Finance.
Management and recruitment services, not previously authorized, $296,000.
Legal aid services, not previously authorized, $124,000.
Community justice and corrections, not previously authorized, $1.324 million.
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Okay, and I would appreciate that and it would be good to see that, but I hope this isn’t indicative of a regular practice of overestimating stuff that comes up in a supplementary appropriation and then that money just going to the department and we never ever track it or see it again, because we rely on those estimates that are given to us. We take them at face value. So I hope this is an irregular, extraordinary situation and not common. Perhaps since the Minister is the Minister of Finance, he could comment on that. Thank you.
If the Minister is serious about resolving this issue and where the dispute is between authorities and jurisdictions and, more importantly, an outfitter, I’d like to ask the Minister if he’s willing to facilitate a meeting between the different regions, the renewable resource councils, the aboriginal organizations, to talk about this particular matter and try to find ways to resolve this issue from happening in the future by having a meeting sooner than waiting a couple months down the road and coordinate a meeting within the next couple of weeks.
Thank you. At this time, I would like to ask the Minister if he wishes to bring in any witnesses.
We are moving on to page 8, Municipal and Community Affairs, operations expenditures, directorate, not previously authorized, negative $11,000.