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Yes, Madam Chair.
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Chairman, the Department of Executive and FMBS did commission that report, so that report was done for our benefit. Thank you.
Thank you, Madam Chair. The $820 million shown here in total revenues is the total amount this department receives. There are a number of other smaller funding amounts that go directly to other departments. I should say it comes into consolidated revenue, but other departments account for it in their budgets. So this is what we account for. All the total money goes into a consolidated revenue fund, but other departments account for some of the pockets of funding they have where they have specific agreements with federal departments. Thank you.
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Chairman, we monitor all the regions for the amount of work required and the commitment required to maintain the level of service that’s provided. Once again, as other Members have stated, part of what we need to do as a government is to make sure we operate effectively and efficiently through the delivery of programs and being that we deal internally with other departments, it’s very much a centralized function around payroll and the financial end of things. So there is not a lot of opportunity. Right now out of the Sahtu, much of their services from all the...
Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I move, seconded by the honourable Member for North Slave, that Bill 3, An Act to Amend the Income Tax Act, No. 2, be read for the first time. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Chairman, all of those options are being examined as to how we can work and be more efficient in the delivery of human resource functions. So all of those are being looked at. Thank you.
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Chairman, I am hoping that through the exercise we have identified with departments on a 25 percent reduction that they would take those types of trips and be the first ones to drop off. It is something that we will continue to monitor as a government. For example, in the area within our department, the number of trips for duty travel conferences is about 41, and that works out to about $300 per employee that does that. So definitely not everybody goes on these things. Some of them are requirements when it comes to keeping certain classifications up to date...
Thank you, Madam Chair. Using the comparison between the 2003-04 main estimates to the 2004-05 proposed main estimates, we have included the income of $700,000 from the two highest tax brackets in additional revenue, but also a $1.3 million reduction in the two lowest tax brackets that comes into effect January 1, 2005. So by adjusting the two lowest brackets and incorporating the two highest bracket increases, that nets out and it's slightly less than what we would have gotten if we did not make the adjustment for the low-income side. Thank you.
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Right now, we are continuing in the winding-down portion of the category we are working on. There are individuals who worked as casuals for the government and we are still trying to track down some of those individuals who haven’t been found that were past employees of the government. We are hoping to have that concluded by the end of this upcoming fiscal year. Thank you.
Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I give notice that on Monday, March 22, 2004, I will move that Bill 4, Supplementary Appropriation Act, No. 3, 2003-2004, be read for the first time. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.