Mr. Chairman, the department uses certain criteria to justify expenditures of the road. We have no problem as soon as someone can justify an expenditure into a route, we would then be obligated to build it. That is part of our mandate, but you just do not build a road because people ask. There has to be some way of justifying the expenditures. That is what we are doing here. We are justifying the expenditures.
Vince Steen on Committee Motion 38-14(3): To Defer Item "system And Communications" Under The Department Of Public Works And Services, Capital Investment Expenditures, Supplementary Appropriation No. 1, 2000-2001
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Committee Motion 38-14(3): To Defer Item "system And Communications" Under The Department Of Public Works And Services, Capital Investment Expenditures, Supplementary Appropriation No. 1, 2000-2001
Item 19: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
November 16th, 2000
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