Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Chairman, we hear about people not having enough money through different sources but primarily the department responsible for a particular area of government will acknowledge a shortfall in somebody's funding. Then they try to address that, if they think it's warranted and feasible. They usually try and cover the increase in costs from within. If it falls into forced growth or inflation rate, then the department may prepare a supplementary appropriation and submit that to the Financial Management Board. If it fits within the guidelines and as I said, if it's forced growth or inflationary increases then generally the Financial Management Board approves the extra funding, it goes back to the department and then the department deals with the agency, the home, the person, or the people that requested the expenditure in the first place. That's normally how is works, Mr. Chairman.
John Pollard on Item 18: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
In the Legislative Assembly on December 9th, 1993. 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
December 9th, 1993
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John Pollard Hay River
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