Thank you, Mr. Chairman. In regard to block funding and the way the allocations have been distributed, you say you use a formula but looking at it in the context of population breakdown, where Fort Simpson has a population of roughly 1,200 people, yet you talk about a community such as Inuvik which is almost at 3,300 people, almost three times the size of that community, yet they receive in the area of over $170,000. Somehow the formula does not follow the principle that it is based on the amount of taxes a community generates, because it is based on a tax-based community. That formula you are using is not exactly accurate or fair. In regard to the other question about operations and maintenance, where they receive $870,000, yet Inuvik receives $530,000, again there is a real discrepancy. In regard to the formula that is used for block funding, could the Minister explain the formula, exactly what are the principles of that formula for allocation of block funding?
David Krutko on Committee Motion 11-13(5): To Defer Further Consideration, Fort Smith Region, Detail Of Capital Community Operations
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Committee Motion 11-13(5): To Defer Further Consideration, Fort Smith Region, Detail Of Capital Community Operations
Item 19: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
February 11th, 1998
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