I have a return to oral question asked by Mr. Roland on May 13, 1996, on community funding for 1996-97.
'The Member asked what reductions had taken place in taxation areas. I believe he was referring to municipal taxation areas, meaning the city, towns and villages.
There has been no reduction to the equalization grants budgets for tax-based communities. These communities will be affected, as all other communities, by program reductions such as the reform of the water and sewage services subsidy and capital budget reductions. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.