Thank you, Mr. Chairman. The responsibility for these services falls into a number of different activities within the department, so I couldn't give a clear answer on how many staff are actually involved in that at this point, although it would be possible to put it together fairly quickly. I have a table that shows that information fairly clearly. Those staff wouldn't necessarily be gone as a result of this. It is just that the cost of their salaries would go to the departments that use the services and those departments would buy the services back from the Department of Public Works and Services in the short term and, in the longer term, they might buy their services directly from the private sector as a user-pay initiative moves to user-say and departments have a choice of either buying it from the government or going to the private sector.
Mr. Lovely on Committee Motion 15-13(3): To Suspend Application Of The Business Incentive Policy
In the Legislative Assembly on May 15th, 1996. See this statement in context.
Committee Motion 15-13(3): To Suspend Application Of The Business Incentive Policy
Item 18: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
May 15th, 1996
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