Debates of August 20, 2007 (day 13)

Thank you, Mrs. Groenewegen. Minister Roland.

I am sorry, Mr. Chair; I missed that last question.

The question was whether you would be willing to share the correspondence, Mr. Minister.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. I would be prepared to sit down with committee members regarding that and go through it with them. Thank you.

Thank you, Minister Roland. Mrs. Groenewegen.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. In the interests of transparency and unless there is some reason why that report or that correspondence could not be shared with Members, unless there is some personnel reason or some other type of reason, again, for us not to see that correspondence leaves one wondering and asking what is being hidden. What are we hiding? I just want to know about it because this has been a big concern to my constituents. I am not making this up. I am not trying to raise this to cause trouble. I am not on a witch hunt. I think it is a big problem. It is an expensive problem what we’ve had to deal with. Unless there is some reason why, that the Minister could give me, we couldn’t see that correspondence, I think it would be in the interest of good government to uphold a standard of transparency and share that with Members of this Assembly. Thank you.

Thank you, Mrs. Groenewegen. Minister Roland.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. Mr. Chair, as I had stated, again, I would be prepared to sit down with committee and go through those findings. Upon having a second look at it, decide where we can go with that if there is further release of that information. I would have to have a better look at that before I can make that commitment. Thank you.

Thank you, Minister Roland. Mrs. Groenewegen.

Thank you. That is everything. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thank you, Mrs. Groenewegen. Committee, we are on page 12, Executive, capital investment expenditures, Human Resources, not previously authorized, employee relations, $523,000, total Human Resources, $523,000.

Agreed.

Thank you, committee. Page 13, Health and Social Services, capital investment expenditures, not previously authorized, community health programs, $417,000, total department, $417,000.

Agreed.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. Mr. Chair, I move that $3.050 million be added to the activity education and culture under the Department of Education, Culture and Employment, capital investment expenditures, not previously authorized on page 14 for the purpose of constructing additional classrooms and adding a gymnasium to the Jean Wetrade Gameti School.

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Thank you very much, Minister Dent. Motion is being distributed. Motion is in order. To the motion.

Question.

Question has been called. All those in favour? All those opposed? The motion is carried.

---Carried

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Thank you, committee. We’ll continue on page 14, Education, Culture and Employment, capital investment expenditures, education and culture, special warrants, $2.170 million, not previously authorized, $3.555 million, total department, special warrants, $2.170 million and not previously authorized, $3.555 million. Agreed?

Agreed.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I move that the schedule to Bill 18 be amended to:

a) increase by $3.050 million the supplementary appropriation amount set out in part 2, item 16, Education, Culture and Employment, by striking out $2.675 million in the column entitled appropriation by item and substituting $5.725 million;

b) increase by $3.050 million the amount set out in part 2 as the total supplementary appropriation for capital investment expenditures by striking out $3.615 million and substituting $6.665 million; and

c) increase by $3.050 million the amount set out at the end of the schedule as total supplementary appropriation by striking out $9.619 million and substituting $12.669 million.

Thank you, Mr. Dent. Motion is in order. To the motion.

Question.

Question has been called. All those in favour? All those opposed? Thank you, committee. The motion is passed.

---Carried

Thank you, committee. To the schedule, supplementary amounts appropriated, as amended, supplementary amounts for the 2007-2008 fiscal year, part 1, vote 1, operations expenditures, total supplementary appropriation for operations expenditures, $6.004 million. Agreed?

Agreed.

Part 2, vote 2, capital investment expenditures, total supplementary appropriation for capital investment expenditures, $6.665 million.

Agreed.

Total supplementary appropriation, $12.669 million.

Agreed.

Thank you, committee. Now if we could go back to page 1, Bill 18, Supplementary Appropriation Act, No. 2, 2007-2008, to the preamble. Oh sorry; before we deal with the preamble, we’ll go clause by clause. Clause 1.

Agreed.

Clause 2.

Agreed.

Clause 3.

Agreed.

Clause 4.

Agreed.

Clause 5.

Agreed.

Clause 6.

Agreed.

Clause 7.

Agreed.

Now, committee, can we agree to the preamble?

Agreed.

Thank you, committee. To the bill as a whole?

Agreed.

As amended. Agreed?

Agreed.