Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Chairman, to continue my line of questioning earlier, I understand from the Minister and the department that the superintendent of MACA is responsible for coordinating emergency response plans for the communities. Mr. Speaker, all through MACA's budget and programs, this particular person, this superintendent, is being directed to do a lot of things. Is this position getting overloaded? Being a political person, I notice the particular superintendent in my region is beginning to get mowed over more and more as I see him. I think it is directly related to the amount of workload on his shoulders. You are overworking that guy, and I think it is the situation in every one of your positions, in every region. I do not know personally whether the department and this government may want to reconsider who should be coordinating search and rescue as far as this government is concerned. I know what the department is trying to do. With all due respect to the hamlet councils and to the department, I thought this search and rescue was fairly well coordinated in the community through the hunters, trappers and the Rangers. Now, if you are, in fact, putting a plan together that applies to an area that applies outside the municipal boundaries, obviously, this is going to be a fair amount of expense that would not be addressed under emergency measures money from the federal government. Therefore, my question would be, for instance, in regard to the detailed plan that you have suggested is being put together for different types of search and rescue, water, marine and land, do the detailed plans identify who is going to pay for these costs?
Vince Steen on Item 19: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
In the Legislative Assembly on February 6th, 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 5th, 1998
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