Thank you, Mr. Chairman. My final question has to deal with the financial situation we still find ourselves in, yet we may think we are out of a deficit situation. There is still the whole idea of a court case that rides on our shoulders with regard to pay equity. The whole idea of the question raised by the Auditor General in regard to the Environmental Audit and also the luck we have had in the last year in regard to forest fires. I think we are not out of the woods yet. There could be incidents that happen especially in regard to what we have seen in the last couple of weeks with the weather we have seen, especially in the east, in the case of a major disaster, in regard to a major forest fire that could drive up the cost to this government. I think that as Ministers, we do have to allow ourselves a big enough cushion that we do take a major blow that can come either through an emergency, a decision, a court case or in regard to the social envelope. We still do not know when it will slow down, and it continues to grow. As Minister of Finance, I would like to ask him what he is doing to ensure that protection is there in regard to this government in allowing us the flexibility and the room to be able to take such a major impact on our budget, if it happens?
David Krutko on Item 19: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
In the Legislative Assembly on October 23rd, 1997. See this statement in context.
Item 19: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
Item 19: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
October 23rd, 1997
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