I guess, Mr. Chairman, for the Minister's sake it's a lot easier for him to say I'm lapsing the funds but I'm going to need them in the next fiscal year. He has a sort of moral right to those funds, as opposed to starting from scratch again to make a submission to the Financial Management Board. Where priorities change over the course of a year, money gets tighter and so on and there's a lot of competition for money at the table at FMB; so by lapsing the money and saying I'm going to need it again, it gives the Minister a little bit more ground. But the process is still the same, Mr. Chairman, and if there's a need for deletion that can be done. Thank you.
John Pollard on Bill 21: Supplementary Appropriation Act, No. 2, 1994-95
In the Legislative Assembly on March 29th, 1995. See this statement in context.
Bill 21: Supplementary Appropriation Act, No. 2, 1994-95
Item 18: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
March 28th, 1995
Page 699
John Pollard Hay River
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