David Ramsay

Kam Lake

Statements in Debates

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Mr. Zoe.

Committee Motion 40-15(3) To Amend Bill 17 To Come Into Force On The Earlier Of The Prorogation Of The First Session Of The 38th Parliament And The Coming Into Force Of The Civil Marriage Act (Canada), Defeated
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Thank you, Madam Chairperson. If I could, maybe the Minister of Health and Social Services has those numbers, but I am wondering what the accumulated deficit up to March 31, 2004, in the amount of $1.289 million; what makes up that number and how do we arrive at that number? If the Minister is saying that most of that is accrued ambulance costs, then can the Minister of Health and Social Services or the Finance Minister break that number down for us? Thank you.

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Clause 4.

Committee Motion 41-15(3) To Add $311,000 To The Highways Activity In Bill 20, Supplementary Appropriation Act, No. 3, 2004-2005, Carried
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Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Is this something that the department would anticipate occurring on an annual basis going forward, or is this just a one time thing? Thank you.

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Mr. Zoe.

Committee Motion 40-15(3) To Amend Bill 17 To Come Into Force On The Earlier Of The Prorogation Of The First Session Of The 38th Parliament And The Coming Into Force Of The Civil Marriage Act (Canada), Defeated
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Thanks, Madam Chair. I wanted to make a few general comments on the Supplementary Appropriation Act, No. 3 that’s before us this evening. The first one I would just like to make mention of is the size of it. It’s quite sizeable, over $16 million and I know the government is forced to expend some of this money, but it seems to be a rather large number to be dealing with, extraordinary funding for this. The one thing I really wanted to zero in on is the Dogrib Community Services Board and its operation. The fact that it’s been running and operating a deficit for the past five out of seven...

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Clause 2.

Committee Motion 40-15(3) To Amend Bill 17 To Come Into Force On The Earlier Of The Prorogation Of The First Session Of The 38th Parliament And The Coming Into Force Of The Civil Marriage Act (Canada), Defeated
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I can wait for that detail. I am trying to understand it from a budgeting perspective on how it all works. Some departments budget it in a different way too. So if in a year you saw a 10 percent decrease, let’s pray that it happens, in the price of fuel, how is the government going to show that? Are we going to be expecting departments to give back hundreds of thousands of dollars because you didn’t need to spend it on fuel or will you find other places to spend it? That’s all I am getting at, Mr. Chairman.

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Bill 17, Modernization of Benefits and Obligations Act, clause 1.

Committee Motion 37-15(3) To Amend Clause 9 Of Bill 17, Modernization Of Benefits And Obligations Act, Carried
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Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Just an observation. Again, I’m not on the Social Programs committee, but why are we bringing forward so many different amendments on the floor of the House and why isn’t it a much cleaner piece of legislation? Thank you.