Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, the Minister said earlier I was naive. I might be naive, but I am not stupid. There is money within the budget. The money is prioritized by the Minister. It has to come from somewhere. Is the Minister saying now that the Minister of an individual department has discretionary funds or money to allocate, even though the priority of this government, as an example, when we said not to study the privatization of POL as a recommendation of a standing committee of this House, they went ahead and did it anyway? Why can he not do the same thing in contradiction of what the Minister has just said. How is that money prioritized within the departmental budgets? Thank you.
Edward Picco on Question 352-13(5): Disbursement Of Departmental Surpluses
In the Legislative Assembly on February 17th, 1998. See this statement in context.
Supplementary To Question 352-13(5): Disbursement Of Departmental Surpluses
Question 352-13(5): Disbursement Of Departmental Surpluses
Item 6: Oral Questions
February 16th, 1998
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Edward Picco Iqaluit
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