Yes, my honourable colleague has a way of getting to a point. Sometimes I am never quite sure where he is going. Let me try to put it into a way that is explainable. I have the responsibility, as Chairman of the Financial Management Board, to monitor, if you want, the overall budgetary and fiscal requirements of this government. Each individual Minister is given a budget in accordance with the way in which it is shared. They have the responsibility for monitoring their individual budgets and the policies from within. So yes, I have an overall responsibility. Let us say for example, if there is a cost attached to debt, it would be in the RWED budget, which is the responsibility of Mr. Kakfwi. But the overall responsibility for coordinating the government's fiscal resources and ensuring eliminating the debts and elimination strategy and meeting the targets that we have set, et cetera, lies with the FMB and the chairman of the FMB. Thank you.
John Todd on Item 20: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
In the Legislative Assembly on January 29th, 1998. See this statement in context.
Item 20: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
Item 20: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
January 28th, 1998
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John Todd Keewatin Central
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