Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Chairman, my other question is in relation to O and M funding for the communities. I believe a Member addressed the way the O and M capital funding is actually being supplied to the communities. My concern is O and M funding reduction by 5 percent to each community has a different impact on different types of communities. For instance, hamlets would only have X number of dollars for O and M funding. They have to do all their work out of that O and M funding. The SOAP communities, Supplement Operating Assistance Program communities, they do not have to. They get a lot of their services through DPW like road maintenance, stuff like that. That is all free or supplementary to the funds they receive under SOAP. I want to ask the Minister, how the department intends to address this situation?
Vince Steen on Item 19: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
In the Legislative Assembly on March 1st, 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 28th, 1997
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