Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Even with that, our purchase price must have gone up more because looking at the budget books, it appears we are expected to have a $230 million deficit in the stabilization fund for this current year and we are projecting a $92 million deficit...Sorry, $92,000. It's $230,000 and $92,000 rather than millions. Excuse me, it's not quite as bad as it first sounded. I guess my question comes back to, if we are showing deficits here, why do we say we are trying to have a break-even operation? If the price of fuel in the smallest communities is so high that we need to subsidize someone, and I am assuming that's where we are delivering these products, then that should be part of the thing we look at through the budget process as well. I think Members expect, this being an essential service, that there may be grounds for a subsidy and I think it should be presented as that and not presented to us as a break even if it's not. Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
Charles Dent on Committee Motion 10-14(6) To Extend The Three-year Replacement Cycle For Desktop Computers, Carried
In the Legislative Assembly on March 11th, 2003. See this statement in context.
Committee Motion 10-14(6) To Extend The Three-year Replacement Cycle For Desktop Computers, Carried
Item 19: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
March 10th, 2003
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