Mr. Premier.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. The question was, who enforces the policy of the Financial Management Act? The Financial Management Board will be enforcing that policy. Thank you.

Thank you. Oral questions. Supplementary, Mr. Picco.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, if circumvention of the Act or perceived circumvention is made known to the government, what happens? Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Mr. Premier.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. We take that case by case and look into it. Thank you.

Thank you. Oral questions. Supplementary, Mr. Picco.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. On the circumvention of the Act or perceived circumvention, if that is brought forward to this government to an individual Minister - as the Premier is now coming back to tell me that indeed the individual Ministers have the right to take that and look at it how they choose and then enforce the Act or not enforce the Act - or is the Premier saying that it goes to the Premier who has ultimate responsibility for the government to make sure that the policy is enforced and not circumvented? Thank you.

Mr. Morin.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. If it is brought to my attention, I would be the one to take a look at it and see whether the policy is being followed properly or not for all senior management positions because ultimately I am responsible for the deputy ministers' positions.

Oral questions. Mr. Picco, supplementary.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, on the circumvention of the policies of this government being enforced, now we have ascertained that Mr. Morin enforces these policies. What are the penalties for circumventing a policy of this government?

That was your final supplementary. Mr. Morin.

What are the penalties? That would be taken on a case by case basis. If the Member feels that any individual that is working for the government today or has worked for the government in the past and has a problem if the person is contracting to the government today or has contracted in the past, it would save a lot of time if he would just say what he is getting at and then I would be able to respond properly. Thank you.

Oral questions. Mr. Henry.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. My question is to Mr. Todd, the Minister responsible for the Aurora Fund. I had asked the Minister some questions on the Aurora Fund on Friday. If the Minister could tell me who appointed Mr. Bailey as a fund manager? Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

The Minister of Finance, Mr. Todd.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. If my memory serves me correctly, the board directors made recommendations to myself as the chair of the board and I appointed Mr. Bailey.

Thank you. Oral questions. Supplementary, Mr. Henry.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I believe the Minister also told us on Friday, he had stated to the best of his understanding there was no requirement in this government to make any guarantees to the fund. What I would like to know from the Minister is if loans do go bad, as sometimes they do, is this government responsible for any of those loans that would go bad?

Mr. Todd.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. N-o spells no.

Thank you. Oral questions. Just again, to remind the Members about question period. During question period, you must not repeat any earlier question which was answered, taken as notice or to which an answer was refused at that sitting. It means that during this 4th Session, Members cannot repeat the same question that has been asked already. Just a reminder. Mr. O'Brien.