Well, I mean as I said, I tried to address the question and I think if my honourable colleague goes back to Hansard and looks at my response to Mr. Roland's comments earlier last week, he will find that this government expends a considerable amount of its fiscal resources in the drug and alcohol area. That is how a proper budgetary process takes place. You do not say, we are going to generate so much in gravel, so let us put that money into digging ditches. That is just not the way you budget. Governments request dollars as it relates to the targets set for them for specific programs and drug and alcohol programs are one of them. It comes from a variety of programs. Mr. Ng's department, Miss Thompsons' department, et cetera. The revenues that we generate, whether it is through taxation, whether it is through permits or whether it is through liquor, are all part of a revenue approach. I want to assure my colleague that I am fairly confident that I will not be contradicted, that our resources that we put into drug and alcohol programs, through the variety of things that are out there, is far in excess of the surplus that exists within this revolving fund. Thank you.
John Todd on Item 19: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
In the Legislative Assembly on February 10th, 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
February 10th, 1997
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John Todd Keewatin Central
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