Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Just a quick comment, I guess. Since the Minister put some information out for us to fester over, I know a lot of the communities do have a large Municipal and Community Affairs staff who are available and totally capable of communicating what little information they do receive, anyway, from this community capacity building initiative and the administration of it. I don't see anything being cumbersome, as far as additional duties of the regional staff. I'm not sure about the numbers of these nine positions that MACA eliminated last year, but I know a lot of those positions were out in the regions. The regional staff has been cut down and the headquarters staff here seems to be growing all the time. It's kind of like a double standard, as far as I'm concerned. Cutting a bunch of staff positions in the regions and then saying we have to hire somebody in headquarters to go to the regions to do some work that should have been delegated out there anyway. I know $108,000 is not a lot of money, and that's why I feel that I'm supporting this motion. It's not a lot of money, and I don't think there's a whole additional workload that's going to bring down the regional staff to say that they're just overworked and underpaid and all this stuff. I just can't see any rationale in supporting extra money for a position for somebody to cut cheques and deliver pamphlets. That's my take on it. Thank you.
Robert Villeneuve on Committee Motion 5-15(4): To Delete $108,000 From The Department Of Municipal And Community Affairs, School Of Community Government Activity In Bill 11, Defeated
In the Legislative Assembly on October 26th, 2005. See this statement in context.
Committee Motion 5-15(4): To Delete $108,000 From The Department Of Municipal And Community Affairs, School Of Community Government Activity In Bill 11, Defeated
Item 19: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
October 26th, 2005
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