Thank you, Mr. Chairman. There was some concern at the standing committee on finance about this. It was not one where there was a feeling that this was necessarily a major problem right now, but we did feel that it was time the government re-examine the policy. Perhaps there may be some other incentive where we could provide for municipalities to be better fiscally managed and that might help to save the government some money in the long run.
We were not prepared to come forward with a specific recommendation on what that might be, but we would hope the department would keep this motion in mind and re examine the policy as it is right now and just ensure that they are satisfied with how it is working and if not, recommend some changes to us; and if they are satisfied, then they should be prepared to justify the policy to the Members of this House.