Thank you, Mr. Chairman. But does anybody not see the preliminary sense of inequity here? There's some inequity about the distribution of cuts, unless the information that I've seen thus far just happens to be sections where this was not applicable. Maybe it just speaks to lack of regional presence or something, but I just can't imagine that an operation... You know, this is not even the whole department. It's just one section out of a department where $230,000 will be cut in travel. So you have to beg another question about... Obviously travelling is an important part of this operation, otherwise they would not have had a big enough travel budget from which you would cut $230,000. So I need to know from the Minister what is their normal travel budget for regional operations.
Sandy Lee on Bill 18: Supplementary Appropriation Act, No. 1, 2003-2004
In the Legislative Assembly on June 12th, 2003. See this statement in context.
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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