Wendy Bisaro

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Thanks to the Minister. I appreciate this is intended to be a communications tool and a back and forth. I guess I just wanted to say that asking communities to report quarterly may be kind of onerous. It sounds to me that the Minister is open to suggestions for improvement on this framework. Is that correct? Thank you.

Total department, not previously authorized, $11.855 million.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Your committee has been considering Tabled Document 19-17(3), Supplementary Estimates (Infrastructure Expenditures), No. 1, 2012-2013, and I would like to report progress with one motion being adopted, and that consideration of Tabled Document 19-17(3) is concluded, and that the House concur in those estimates and that an appropriation bill to be based thereon be introduced without delay.

Mr. Speaker, I move that the report of Committee of the Whole be concurred with. Thank you.

Okay, committee. Turn to page 5, please, 2012-2013, Supplementary Appropriation No. 1, (Infrastructure Expenditures), Municipal and Community Affairs, operations expenditures, community operations, not previously authorized, $9.867 million. Total department, not previously authorized, $9.867 million.

Thank you, Mr. Hawkins. The motion is being distributed. The Members all have the motion. The motion is in order. The motion is not debateable.

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We are on page 13, Transportation, capital investment expenditures. Mr. Yakeleya.

Mr. Speaker, thanks to the Minister. We give communities a grant, an infrastructure contribution and we have given them the responsibility of using that money. Does the Minister mean that the department is trying to keep tabs on communities? Is that kind of what this accountability is intended to do? Thank you.

Thanks, committee. Page 12, Education, Culture and Employment, capital investment expenditures, not previously authorized, education and culture, not previously authorized, $11.496 million.

No, you don’t. We have a motion first.

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Mr. Menicoche.

Thank you. I will go to Mr. Miltenberger for response.

Thank you, Mr. Hawkins. Mr. Miltenberger.