Mr. Speaker, I have a return to oral question asked by Mr. Delorey on June 11, 2003, regarding the new sport and recreation board.
Mr. Speaker, the Department of Municipal and Community Affairs provides funding to community governments through a recreation and sport contributions program that makes funding available to all communities, both tax-based and non-tax-based, upon application, to support local activities. Contribution amounts for this program are determined based on a proportionate share of the total $825,000 program budget, and range from $14,000 to $80,000 per community. Communities are required to account for the use of this funding. This was a new program in the 2002-2003 fiscal year, and I have committed to provide a report to Members of this House on how the funds were used by communities. This information will be available shortly. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.