As my grandmother used to say to me, a penny wise, a pound foolish. I am not prepared to spend money right now that I do not see. Until such time as I am comfortable and confident there is going to be a surplus, that we can assign to the priorities we have heard in this House, and we have heard with the public and the advocacy groups out there, I am not in a position to determine that today. While we have banked $25 million on the pay equity retroactive side, that issue still has not been concluded. I would like to remind Mr. Picco, since he made reference to it. We still have as the Premier said, somewhere around, I think we spent close to $11 or $12 million in the fire suppression this year that was not budgeted for, which is no fault of anybody's. Massive problems in housing, health care problems, education, et cetera. So we will, when I am clear, if there is a surplus, we will use due process to determine, to some extent, where that money, should there be any, go. Thank you.
John Todd on Question 18-13(6): Reallocation Of Surplus Funds To Education Programs
In the Legislative Assembly on September 16th, 1998. See this statement in context.
Further Return To Question 18-13(16): Reallocation Of Surplus Funds To Education Programs
Question 18-13(6): Reallocation Of Surplus Funds To Education Programs
Item 6: Oral Questions
September 15th, 1998
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John Todd Keewatin Central
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