Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I think the point is that grade extensions vary from community to community. Some have been around for six or eight years, and maybe longer. I am wondering, with the recent cuts in various forms of ABE over the last five or six years, we have seen the budget that this government has jointly with the feds or on its own come from $4.5 million for ABE, and that is a ballpark figure, down to $1 million a year. I think we just recently started to see this bulge. I am wondering if the Minister can tell us if this bulge has been around as long as grade extensions have been around, six or eight years. Is this an ongoing trend?
Brendan Bell on Committee Motion 7-14(3): Recommendation To Issue Timber Harvesting Permits Only With Consent Of Affected Parties (carried)
In the Legislative Assembly on June 27th, 2000. See this statement in context.
Committee Motion 7-14(3): Recommendation To Issue Timber Harvesting Permits Only With Consent Of Affected Parties (carried)
Item 20: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
June 27th, 2000
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