Thank you, Mr. Chairman. We are being asked to pass these budgets, and one of the most important things that MLAs do around here, or MLAs in this legislature and any other legislature, is to pass a budget and pass legislation. But even though the information that I have in front of me is about as detailed as you're going to get, there is a very serious lack of detailed information that would allow you for comparison. Dollar figures mean nothing unless you can compare it with something. You have to be able to come up with a percentage of something, or it's an increase of something, or a decrease of something. But having a figure that says a $33,000 reduction and a $12,000 reduction, it doesn't give us enough information to make a judgment about what the impact of that might be.
Another thing, Mr. Chairman, is when we debate and pass the main budget, Ministers and government argue tooth and nail for every cent that they come here for review and passing. But in this case, we are given every line, line by line, for all the reductions and they're going to make due with what they have. So I think it's sort of a contradiction in the presentation and that should be noted.
Mr. Chairman, under fiscal policy, a reduction of $45,000; out of $45,000, $12,000 will be in reduced travel, and that would mean staff training and less contact with federal and provincial counterparts. Once again, this is a section that works on figuring out our budget and talking to the federal government about our tax regime and different calculations and different adjustments. So is the Minister not concerned that this might reduce their capacity to carry out their work? Thank you.