Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I think the committee appreciates a lot of the good work that's been done and that has come out of that action plan. My concern is about the budget process here and if we have known for 18 months or two years that this was coming down the pipe, why didn't we have discussions about this when we reviewed the business plans or the mains or some discussions that there were options that were as of yet unfunded and we were trying to get money together to do these? As it happens now, we are talking about half a million to establish this board and $1 million a year extra incremental funding ongoing. This is a discussion that never happened at committee, never happened in the regular budgetary process. It's not a surprise, we've known this was coming for some time. The Minister must have been working on the costing of this for some time. Why didn't this go through the normal process? Thank you.
Brendan Bell on Bill 32: Supplementary Appropriation Act, No. 2, 2003-2004
In the Legislative Assembly on October 7th, 2003. See this statement in context.
Bill 32: Supplementary Appropriation Act, No. 2, 2003-2004
Item 19: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
October 7th, 2003
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