Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Our department had one legal opinion, and obviously the other side had another legal opinion. The Department of Justice supported our department's position, and Transport Canada received a legal opinion supporting their position. It seemed to me like a logical trade-off that someone had to make a deal because it would end up into a long, lengthy litigation that would have probably cost us more money. So, there was an agreement reached to split the dispute, as the Minister of Finance has said, by 50 per cent. I want to emphasize again, if I may, that most of the overexpenditures were of an emergency nature and were not predicted in the planning process. Clearly there was a need for some resolve to be found to avoid any, what I would assume, lengthy legal costs. Two deputies met and agreed to it. I do not know whether it went to Cabinet, but I would assume it did. I think under the circumstances a reasonable satisfactory arrangement was made.
John Todd on Bill 23: Supplementary Appropriation Act, No. 4, 1992-93
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Bill 23: Supplementary Appropriation Act, No. 4, 1992-93
Item 18: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
March 30th, 1993
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John Todd Keewatin Central
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