One of the concerns we had with Economic Development and with other departments was that in the presentations there was some difficulty in quantifying the expenditure and the net impact on the NWT. I think we alluded to it the other day when we were making some general comments, that nobody is opposed to parks; nobody is opposed to visitors' centres; however, in these tough difficult times when we are making some really difficult choices and changes, particularly with this current climate that the Minister of Finance keeps telling us about -- what we are saying or trying to say is there has to be a way to determine what the net impact is to Northerners. Is it building buildings or building people? It may be that in some cases there is a desire to put in infrastructure that may not necessarily have a net impact on the public at large. We feel that in the future there has to be some way for this department and others -- Education is one that comes to mind -- where the success of the program was defined by enrolment rather than attainment. It appears the Department of Economic Development was, in polite terms, a little weak in terms of its ability to justify the net impact to Northerners in these expenditures.
John Todd on Item 18: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
In the Legislative Assembly on March 9th, 1992. See this statement in context.
Item 18: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
Item 18: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
March 8th, 1992
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John Todd Keewatin Central
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