Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, like I responded to another Member in the House here, we're very early in the stage of consultation with the municipalities in how they would like to see this funding applied. At this point, there is indication that the water and sewage programs will be high priority, however, there are also indications that there would be some priority placed on dust control in smaller communities. We are also supporting the request from the Federation of Municipalities to have this funding applied to between a three- and five-year program rather than a 10-year program to allow for more funding at an earlier stage and to allow a lot of the municipal projects to be completed at an earlier stage. At this point in time, we haven't closed off discussions with anyone and I'd be happy to open discussions with memberships, in particular probably through the business planning process as well, to have some input from the Members as well. If possible, I don't know if we have the time or not, but it would have been nice to have the time to sit down with the AOC and see whether we can have some thought put forward on this from them before the new government. Thank you.
Vince Steen on Question 387-14(6): Application Of The $15 Million Municipal Infrastructure Funding Program
In the Legislative Assembly on October 6th, 2003. See this statement in context.
Further Return To Question 387-14(6): Application Of The $15 Million Municipal Infrastructure Funding Program
Question 387-14(6): Application Of The $15 Million Municipal Infrastructure Funding Program
Item 6: Oral Questions
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