Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Regarding this block funding for $1.525 million, if this is on an ongoing, year-to-year basis, I think it is the formula that we especially in the municipalities, would probably love to have, some sort of arrangement like this where they receive this amount of money in one year, especially when it comes to capital. I would like to ask the deputy minister, if this is only allowed to the tax-based communities, what alternatives do the municipalities have to come up with such an arrangement like this for themselves so it sounds like a better arrangement than the way they do it now where you have to prioritize your capital? At the end of the day you are told, that is all you are getting and this is all you have to work with. You have to cut a lot of items that you would not mind having in where you have to decide between equipment or infrastructure so that at the end of the day the community does not always get what it wants. What is the arrangement between this block funding arrangement and what is in place to help the municipalities?
David Krutko on Item 19: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
In the Legislative Assembly on February 11th, 1998. 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, 1998
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