Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, before I can give more money to anybody, I have to have the money. My department is limited to our allocations like anyone else. What we do have I believe is we have seen increases in sports and recreation in the past few years rather than a decrease. What's not being realized is that facilities like swimming pools, arenas, are all part of sports and recreation. Therefore, we are making contributions as a government to work with these programs. You would not be able to have sports and recreation if you didn't have some of these facilities in the smaller communities and that's why we put them there, so I don't believe that we are cutting back that much that we are jeopardizing sports and recreation. My department is also working with the federal government on a program where there are joint funds for sports and recreation. I believe that's addressing some of the concerns expressed by the small communities and by the ordinary Members as well. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
Vince Steen on Question 259-14(6): Proposed Territorial Sport And Recreation Board
In the Legislative Assembly on June 5th, 2003. See this statement in context.
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