What a good Chair. May I start out by saying thank you, Madam Chair. As I see it, this has two main issues. The first issue is it sends a message to industry that this side of the House cannot stand for something like that. I do stress, as I said earlier, that side of the House negotiated an agreement, and I suspect it was probably in good faith in the Assembly as well as all of the territory, but I do want it recorded because I want people out there to realize that this side of the House does not necessarily agree with this method. We don't want this to become a precedent-setting case. The last point, and I will leave the floor, is the fact that this does save money. This says that we do not borrow $45 million; this says we borrow $44.888 million. The bottom line here is I see it does save taxpayer money. I don't think this is going to break the government in finding the money and I think we can do this. I think this says that we care about the bottom line on this side of the Assembly, just as that side of the Assembly does. So I think it sends a strong message. Thank you.
Robert Hawkins on Committee Motion 3-15(3): To Delete $120,000 From The Financial Management Board Secretariat Budgeting And Evaluation Re Foregone Interest, Defeated
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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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