Thank you, Mr. Chairman. The Department of Public Works and Services used to do all the maintenance in the communities, all of the government buildings, they had a program in place. They had people working for the department in pretty well every community through community empowerment. Some communities have taken over that function. Has there been any review on whether or not the same level of services are available to those buildings? For example, you had a maintenance schedule, you had a formula set up on, let us just use a school, for example. There was a formula set up if you had hardwood flooring in the school, that, that hardwood flooring would be refinished every so many years, let us say five years or whatever it was, and then it would still be a safe flooring for the kids of the school to use. My understanding is, some of the things I am hearing from my communities is that just prior to the transfer, those maintenance budgets were cut a year ahead of time so that they cannot maintain the buildings properly. Has the Minister looked into that? Can the Minister shed any light on that issue?
Don Morin on Item 20: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
In the Legislative Assembly on April 27th, 1999. See this statement in context.
Item 20: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
Item 20: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
April 26th, 1999
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