Thank you, Mr. Chairman. On the wage parity of alcohol and drug workers, it is not only the alcohol and drug workers who have a shortfall in wages. There are the workers in the elders' facilities and in group homes as well. The government is now trying to now find an overall solution on the issue of wage parity.

I'm sure that good resolutions were put forth by the Special Committee on Health and Social Services. I can not add much more to what I've already said, other than to say that I would like the department push more to get the communities involved in resolving some of the social problems we have. I do realize some of the workers are over-worked but there is a lot of room for volunteer work in the communities.

I say this because it wasn't so long ago, just 30 years ago, that people in my community were self-sufficient. They looked after their problems and we didn't have any social programs. To some extent, the government programs have taken some of that responsibility from the communities to the extent where the communities are lost. Some re-education will be required in that area. For those of you who never grew up in a small community like I did, you probably have no idea what I'm talking about. But I do. There has to be some balance. I can say Mr. Lewis has been here long enough that he has seen a lot of changes and I think he would agree with me. Thank you, Mr. Chairman.

Mr. Chairman, I believe it was the intention of the Members to attempt to go into Transportation. I do have further questions with regard to the comments on how housing was disposed of, but I won't get into the details. I would suggest that the Minister ensure these units were disposed of on appraised value, and not assessed value. But we can get that clarified in our other discussions.

Committee Motion To Defer Minister's Statement 3-12(4), Carried

Mr. Chairman, with that, I'd like to move that we defer Minister's Statement 3-12(4), Sessional Statement to a later date. Thank you.

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Mr. Chairman, I suggest we deal with Bill 1 and start with the Department of Transportation, Mr. Chairman.

Agreed.

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I'm advised that the Minister of Transportation has his opening comments and is ready to go, Mr. Chairman, yes.

Yes, Mr. Chairman. The Standing Committee on Finance made a report to the House under item 11, reports of standing and special committees. I would like to enter that into part of the general comments for this budget. I would also like to mention that the committee worked hard. We spent three gruelling weeks reviewing the budget and we have done an intensive review of the whole budget. With the help of our able Legislative Assembly staff, Mr. Doug Schauerte, Ms. Joan Irwin and Mr. George Bell, we went through the review and were able to come out with this report. With that, I have two motions I would like to do at this time, Mr. Chairman.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I move that this committee recommends that the Financial Management Board clarify and ensure consistency in the reporting of prior year, current year and "total" expenditures in the five year capital forecast documents. The committee further recommends that the modifications, which address the difficulties identified, be contained in a five year capital forecast 1995-96 to 1999-2000 document. Mahsi.

Question.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I move that this committee recommends that the Financial Management Board clarify and ensure consistency in the reporting of prior year, current year and "total" expenditures in the five year capital forecast documents. The committee further recommends that the modifications, which address the difficulties identified, be contained in a five year capital forecast 1995-96 to 1999-2000 document. Mahsi.

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