Wendy Bisaro

Madam Chair, to the Minister I guess I want to say that the defeatist tone or the defeatist words, I guess, that he’s saying are a real problem for me. Outfitters have generated millions and millions of dollars. It’s in the order of 30 or 40 million dollars, I believe, and yet we are talking $300,000 a year which is peanuts when you compare it to the 30 or 40 million dollars.

I think for the Minister to say we have to let these businesses go, this department is in the business of encouraging industry and maintaining industry. We have umpteen contributions throughout this particular department...

Thank you, Mr. Vician. Are there any other questions on page 12-9? Mr. Bromley.

Thank you, Mr. Dolynny. Mr. Ramsay.

Thank you, Mr. Dolynny. Ms. Magrum, please.

Mr. Hawkins.

Page 12-13, Industry, Tourism and Investment, activity summary, corporate management, operations expenditure summary, $7.908 million. Mr. Dolynny.

Thank you, Mr. Vician. Committee, I believe that concludes general comments. Are we agreed?

Thank you, Minister. Mr. Bromley.

Thanks, Mr. Bromley. Minister Ramsay.

I appreciate the commitment from the Minister. I guess I would just like to say I appreciate this is coming before senior management and Cabinet. I’d like to suggest to the Minister that we don’t have to reinvent the wheel. There are lots of governments out there that, no doubt, have policies and guidelines, so I would suggest to the Minister that we copy them more than develop our own.