Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I would like to say that I will not be supporting this motion. I would like to thank the Minister of RWED for bringing this supplementary appropriation forward and for the response of the Cabinet in their consideration of the items that they considered of high enough priority to make it into this supp bill. I was certainly one of the ones who raised the issue on the floor of this House that when we look at the coordinated effort taken by the federal government that I did not want to see our government do anything less than their absolute best in terms of ensuring that we were prepared for development of the magnitude of the Mackenzie Valley gas pipeline. So I am not entirely understanding of the position that to somehow delete this would enhance our ability as a government to respond to the issues that may come up. I again would just like to say that I think this is the right direction. As a result of our concerns that have been raised with the Minister, there's also been the joint committee that's been formed, three Cabinet Ministers, three Regular Members, to work on this so that priority for this subject has also been demonstrated there. I see this initiative going hand in hand with that response. I support this item in the supp, so will not be supporting this motion. Thank you.
Jane Groenewegen on Committee Motion 16-15(3): To Delete $850,000 From Rwed Operations Expenditures In Bill 11, Defeated
In the Legislative Assembly on June 1st, 2004. See this statement in context.
Committee Motion 16-15(3): To Delete $850,000 From Rwed Operations Expenditures In Bill 11, Defeated
Item 19: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Others Matters
June 1st, 2004
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