Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I don't believe the Minister is working with solid numbers and I don't accept what the Minister just stated that the Members are aware that it's hard to figure out the cost of the BIP. I don't accept that. That has been the government's position for the last Assembly. During the debate about the government exempting the BIP on the jail, that was a multi-million dollar project. If the government cannot figure out what the extra cost would have been on 22 mobile homes, I want to know what all the number crunchers are doing in the government if they can't figure that one out. I want to know from the Minister what information he used and the Cabinet used in waiving this policy. I'm telling you if you're going to exempt yourself from government policy, you better have the figures to back it up. You better say it's costing us X amount of dollars and it's worth it for us to exempt ourselves. So I want to know from the Minister what were his numbers. Thank you.
Sandy Lee on Question 91-15(3): Waiving The Business Incentive Policy
In the Legislative Assembly on March 26th, 2004. See this statement in context.
Supplementary To Question 91-15(3): Waiving The Business Incentive Policy
Question 91-15(3): Waiving The Business Incentive Policy
Item 6: Oral Questions
March 25th, 2004
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