Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I think this is the section I was referring to when I got it mixed up with the Audit Bureau. I believe this is the section that keeps track of the NWT statistics. Again; geez, I didn't realize the Department of Finance did all the interesting work, but anyway. This is the one where the government has big disagreements with the federal government with regard to the census numbers. We are still in argument with the federal government as to their accounting of the population of the NWT, versus our assessment based on the figures we have and the reality that we see around us, which is there seems to be more business happening and more projects happening and so on. So here the impact of this cut will be that there will be a reduced and delayed implementation of social agenda initiatives. So I guess my first question is... It says there will be a delay in hiring of a staff position under this bureau of statistics. Again, I think this is probably smaller than the fiscal policy section, unless I guess you can't really get much smaller than five. What sort of an impact would a delay in hiring a staff position have?
Sandy Lee on Bill 18: Supplementary Appropriation Act, No. 1, 2003-2004
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Bill 18: Supplementary Appropriation Act, No. 1, 2003-2004
Item 19: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
June 12th, 2003
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