Mr. Speaker, I don't think it's a matter of politics that prevents us from arriving at 100 percent consensus. It's the fact that a Minister has a mandate to deliver education programs, for example, and feels very strongly about the need for both operational and capital money to do that. Another Minister has the responsibility to deliver health programs and feels strongly about that. So we always have to have those debates, and we don't always agree 100 percent on which project should make it into the budget and which ones won't make it into the budget. But it's just simply that we have a lot of conflicting, competing mandates to deliver through our government programs and services. Thank you.
Joe Handley on Question 32-14(6): Linking Priorities To Capital Allocations
In the Legislative Assembly on February 17th, 2003. See this statement in context.
Further Return To Question 32-14(6): Linking Priorities To Capital Allocations
Question 32-14(6): Linking Priorities To Capital Allocations
Item 6: Oral Questions
February 16th, 2003
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