Thank you, Mr. Speaker. As I have said previously in this House, there is no proposal. The paper to which the Member referred to in her statement was an internal, first draft, discussion paper. It was not intended for a public discussion paper and does not form the basis of the public discussion that we hope to have on how the public libraries will be restructured. I have also said in this House that we have to find some way to deal equitably with the situation that we have now, whereby 19 communities in these territories are publicly funded for libraries. The balance, or a majority of communities in the territories, do not get any funding for public libraries. We have to find some way to deal with that issue. I have not heard that this legislature is going to give me any more money, so we have to find some way to deal with it, with the resources that we have within. The paper that the Member refers to has never been released publicly and was not intended to form the basis for a public discussion. It was intended to be an internal discussion paper within the department to try and get ideas for how we could shape the discussion paper that would go out to the public. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
Charles Dent on Question 489-13(4): Proposed Restructuring Of Public Libraries
In the Legislative Assembly on May 29th, 1997. See this statement in context.
Further Return To Question 489-13(4): Proposed Restructuring-public Libraries
Question 489-13(4): Proposed Restructuring Of Public Libraries
Item 6: Oral Questions
May 28th, 1997
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