Mr. Chairman, certainly we allow departments to try to make their projects with forced growth. They are operating with a limited budget. There are always unknowns that happen throughout a year. We do not know what the number of children will be, exactly. We do not know what the costs of providing the service for them will be for those particular children in any given year. The only way around this kind of situation, Mr. Chairman, would be to allow departments to have such a large figure that they would not have to come back. I do not think that is a good way of managing our resources here, so we keep a fairly tight reign on it, but we do allow for forced growth. Thank you.
Joe Handley on Item 19: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
In the Legislative Assembly on March 12th, 2002. 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
March 12th, 2002
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