Wendy Bisaro

Thank you, Mr. Dolynny. Minister Beaulieu.

Mr. Chair, that is good.

Thank you, Mr. Dolynny. I’ll take that as a comment. The Minister agrees. Mr. Bromley.

Thank you, Mr. Kalgutkar. We are on page 5-26, activity summary, Finance, office of the comptroller general, grants and contributions, contributions, total contributions, $11.085 million. Are we agreed?

The motion is carried.

---Carried

Thank you, committee. Now we can go to page 12-17. Activity summary, Industry, Tourism and Investment, minerals and petroleum resources, operations expenditure summary, $6.802 million. Are we agreed?

Okay, I’ll call committee to order. We are on section 8, Health and Social Services. Mr. Beaulieu, do you have witnesses you wish to bring into the Chamber?

Contributions, total contributions, $149.419 million. Total grants and contributions, $149.459 million.

Thank you, Mr. Blake. Minister Beaulieu.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I don’t have too many comments here, but I did want to make a couple of comments. At the outset I have to say that I am dismayed that overall the government and in particular Finance, because this is where most of the revenues come from, is that there is no new source of revenue in the 2012-13 budget. There has been an opportunity in the last two years. The Minister has held a roundtable with organizations and individuals and has had lots of input into possible revenue sources and yet has not acted on that. I know the Minister feels that this is not the right time to...

Thank you, Mr. Kalgutkar. Mr. Bromley.