Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I think you will find that we are coming to the aid of the communities and the social agencies in a big way. Seventy percent of $1 billion is a lot of money. How does that money get allocated? How is it spent? Those are things that have to be worked out with communities, with the NGOs, the social agencies. My appeal to all of the agencies and programs that work in this is we have to work together on it. We can't sit back and criticize each other and say we aren't going to do anything because we haven't got enough money. We have to take the resources we have and move it as far as we can. I will continue that struggle with Ottawa. I think the Finance Minister and myself have been very successful in the last few months of getting more money for us. We have the $40 million that is there that we will receive sometime next year that the Finance Minister mentioned yesterday. Money is there, but money isn't everything. There has to be the willingness to work together and I appeal to all of the agencies to work with us. 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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