Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I can only add that we have since developed an interim reporting tool that community government administrators can use to report their financial status to both the Department of Municipal and Community Affairs and the council on a frequent basis to try to prevent the municipalities from getting into financial trouble. Also, in support of what the Minister has said, we have staffed a community financial services division in headquarters to lend strong financial skills to the recovery plans such as budgeting. We have also developed a financial performance indicator that will assist to identify community governments that are heading towards financial problems, and we have developed better procedures to assist community government that have been identified as having financial problems. I believe since this became a problem, we have developed some guidelines and policies to address the problems for those communities that have experienced financial problems. Thank you.
Roger Allen on Item 19: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
In the Legislative Assembly on November 15th, 2000. 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
November 14th, 2000
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