Thank you, Madam Speaker. I have a question I would like to direct to the Minister of Finance. Madam Speaker, yesterday, not too far on the heels of the federal government's budget being tabled, the Alberta government -- our sister province to the south -- handed down its budget. It appears, at least at first glance, that there are going to be substantial cuts to education and health, among other things. I would like to ask the Minister of Finance if his department has had an opportunity to review this budget, and to determine if there will be any positive or negative effects on the Northwest Territories, given the fact that we're so closely related to them.
Question 217-12(5): Impact Of Alberta Budget On Nwt
In the Legislative Assembly on February 25th, 1994. See this topic in context.
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The Speaker
Thank you. Minister of Finance, Mr. Pollard.
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John Pollard Hay River
Thank you, Madam Speaker. I didn't keep the staff up all night last night looking at the Alberta budget, but we will have some numbers next week to see if it does impact us. Our main area of concern was health because we were making a new arrangement with Alberta. Alberta was kind enough to tell us what they were going to do in advance
of their budget in the Department of Health and in the area of health. The arrangements that we're making health-wise haven't affected us. But we will look at the issues in their budget to see if there's something that's going to impact some of the services that they do provide to us, and report back to the House. Thank you, Madam Speaker.
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The Speaker
Thank you. Supplementary, Mr. Whitford.
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Tony Whitford Yellowknife South
Thank you, Madam Speaker. I appreciate the response that the Minister has given. I would like to know whether he will be giving special attention to the area of education. Education, as we just spoke about earlier today and yesterday, the direction towards 2010. We have a large number of students in Alberta from the Northwest Territories who are attending post-secondary educational facilities. I wonder if the Minister would give special attention to that area.
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The Speaker
Thank you. Minister of Finance, Mr. Pollard.
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John Pollard Hay River
Madam Speaker, I will certainly have the budget looked at to see what impact there will be on education as far as Albertans are concerned. I will leave the detailed analysis to the Department of Education, Mr. Nerysoo's department, to judge the impact on our territory. Thank you, Madam Speaker.
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The Speaker
Thank you. Item 5, oral questions. The honourable Member for Deh Cho, Mr. Gargan.