Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, when we were discussing this issue in the first instance, we had estimated that the privatization of the interpreter/translator corps would free up approximately $500,000. In fact, what it has freed up for distribution for language communities is about $450,000, not $350,000, as the Member has mentioned. The Member is correct that not all of the money that was being used before could be freed up as we still have statutory requirements to translate materials. What happened was, over the course of two years, the department tracked how much, for instance, the Department of Public Works used the interpreter/translator services and allocated a cost to those services and transferred that money to the Department of Public Works and Services so they can continue to source those services as they need them. In doing that, the total amount that was left over after we allocated all the monies to the different departments, was about $450,000. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
Charles Dent on Question 255-13(6): Aboriginal Language Community Contributions
In the Legislative Assembly on December 4th, 1998. See this statement in context.
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Item 6: Oral Questions
December 3rd, 1998
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