Thank you, Mr. Speaker. For starters, 70 percent of our budget of roughly $1 billion is for social programs. I don't have a breakdown of how much of that goes to the agencies and what their priorities are and how they are going to go about achieving it. I would sure like to share that with them, as much as we have time to do it. I am sure the Ministers of the social programs will be able to give us a lot of detail, as we get into the department estimates, of where that 70 percent of the money is going. We've said yes and the Minister of Finance say it goes to social programs and community-level programs. Let's work together to get some real tangible results that make a difference to people. That's a big chunk of money. Are we going to get enough for each of the agencies that they will say don't give us anymore, we have enough? I don't know if we can afford that. We are dedicating a huge chunk of our budget, but it may never be quite enough for everybody. But we will make sure that we are working with the communities, municipal and band governments, the best way to get the best return for the dollars we are spending. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
Joe Handley on Question 365-15(3): Mackenzie Valley Pipeline Development
In the Legislative Assembly on February 11th, 2005. See this statement in context.
Further Return To Question 365-15(3): Mackenzie Valley Pipeline Development
Question 365-15(3): Mackenzie Valley Pipeline Development
Item 6: Oral Questions
February 10th, 2005
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