Thank you, Mr. Speaker. As my honourable colleague knows, I was talking about any surpluses that may be acquired at year end that would be charged up against the accumulated deficit to ensure that his children, whom he talked so fondly about earlier today, are going to have a future and that they are not going to carry along a huge debt into Nunavut. That is the overall objective of this government and if there are any departmental surpluses, we would review it as we normally do at the FMBS, make some recommendations, whether it is education or whether it is health care, or whether it is our colleagues in the House today and the friendship centres, et cetera. I am not prepared here to say whether one way or another. We put money into education, the friendship centres, health care, justice system, hospitals, et cetera, that this House has been debating for the last two and a half years. What we will do is look at any surpluses in a comprehensive way, allocate them according to the priorities established in this House by both Cabinet and the Legislative Assembly and get on with the job of doing government and doing it well. Thank you.
John Todd on Question 347-13(5): Allocating Surplus Funds To Education
In the Legislative Assembly on February 17th, 1998. See this statement in context.
Further Return To Question 347-13(5): Allocating Surplus Funds To Education
Question 347-13(5): Allocating Surplus Funds To Education
Item 6: Oral Questions
February 16th, 1998
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John Todd Keewatin Central
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