Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, as the Member stated, over 60 percent of our budget flows through boards and agencies. I must also say that those boards and agencies are directly tied to, for example, the Department of Health and Social Services or the Department of Education, Culture and Employment, and there is a framework, formulas and so on, that are built in for forced growth, for new initiatives and so on. Even though they are somewhat at arm's length and we require third-party accountability framework, as the Minister of Health and Social Services spoke of earlier, there is a requirement and a process they are involved in, in requesting their budget items, their line items, for the upcoming year. They are directly involved from the ground up in those regions and communities up to the departments. Then the departments pull their pieces together, and then we go through the exercise of prioritizing throughout the whole government. Thank you.
Floyd Roland on Question 129-15(4): Public Budget Planning Process
In the Legislative Assembly on October 17th, 2005. See this statement in context.
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Question 129-15(4): Public Budget Planning Process
Item 6: Oral Questions
October 16th, 2005
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