The Member is correct in that there is $7.5 million in travel expenditures attributed for 2002-03 to presuppression and suppression essentially under the fire activity. It would be quite difficult to go through that travel knowing that it is non-discretionary and seek to reduce that. So the travel reductions were based on discretionary travel and once that $7 million is taken out of there for things like air contracts and aircraft, we end up with $2.677 million in 2002-03. Of that, 25 percent constitutes $669,000, so that was the targeted reduction: $669,000.
Brendan Bell on Committee Motion 3-15(3): To Delete $120,000 From The Financial Management Board Secretariat Budgeting And Evaluation Re Foregone Interest, Defeated
In the Legislative Assembly on March 22nd, 2004. See this statement in context.
Committee Motion 3-15(3): To Delete $120,000 From The Financial Management Board Secretariat Budgeting And Evaluation Re Foregone Interest, Defeated
Item 20: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
March 22nd, 2004
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