Thank you, Mr. Chairman. The motion is in relationship to the cost of the civil service. The Standing Committee on Finance is concerned about the rising cost of the civil service, and it must be brought under control. If it continues to spiral and accelerate at the pace it is accelerating, there will be no money left in which to deliver programs to the people that need it most.

The previous Assembly approved a motion to control government expenditures by reducing total person years by five percent within a two year period. This was a very specific clear direction. The government's response was that organizational changes may yield person year reductions, was somewhat disappointing to the committee.

While there has been a one percent decrease in the overall number of person years in the government, the committee believes that the government has not gone enough in reducing the costs of the bureaucracy. The committee feels strongly that the government should be put on notice that the Assembly expects this motion to be followed, and expects bureaucracy to shrink in its numbers.

Motion to Adopt Recommendation 2, Carried

With that Mr. Chairman, I would like to move the second motion. I move that the committee recommends that the government review options to reduce the costs of the bureaucracy for presentation with their 1993-94 main estimates, that the government review by October, 1993 the total employee enumeration package to develop a northern package which is appropriate for today's environment, that the government control its expenditures by reducing total person years in departments, boards and agencies by five percent within the two years, and that the Assembly not approve any overall increase in the budget for salaries, wages and benefits in the 1993-94 main estimates. Thank you, Mr. Chairman.