David Ramsay
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Thank you, Mr. Chairman. We’ll make a copy available for the Minister, if that’s possible, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Voytilla can get a copy as well.
I wonder what happens -- and this is the first time I have been faced with this -- when a department and a Minister go outside of the guidelines set out in an FAM directive, specifically directive 302, which states under 5.4 quite explicitly that, “…departments are expected to exercise sound judgement in reporting and consulting on any adjustments…especially if the adjustment is of significance to a community.” Part c) of that says “No new capital...
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Page 34, Industry, Tourism and Investment, capital investment expenditures, corporate management, not previously authorized, $275,000.
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Page 9, Finance, operations expenditures, not previously authorized, directorate, negative $64,000.
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Page 19, Transportation, operations expenditures, corporate services, not previously authorized, negative $870,000.
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Total department, $796,000.
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Courts, $119,000. Mr. Pokiak.
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Clause 2.
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Thank you, Mr. Chairman. If they’re for a two-year term, I don’t know how you hire four people for $440,000. If you look at the Department of Health and Social Services at $110,000, which I know is a two-year term, but we know with certainty that we’re going to need $550,000 more if they’re all two-year terms. So why would we just come back and piecemeal this? Why don’t you call it what it is and that is an investment of $1 million on new staff, instead of coming back next year? I don’t know how we’re going to deal with the $550,000 that’s going to have to come back next year for these...
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Page 13, Health and Social Services, operations expenditures, directorate, not previously authorized, $488,000.
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Thank you, Ms. Lee. Mr. Minister.