Mr. Chairman, I totally agree. The Member is quite right. It is a busy area. We had a number of initiatives that we had planned to do this year that we are really struggling to find resources to deal with. As part of our reduction process, we had to reduce the funding that was allocated for the Planning Act review. We have since been able to scrape up enough through internal resources to deal with it. We are still working really hard. We'd like to do also the Property Assessment and Taxation Act and we need resources to deal with it. It's a costly undertaking. We are well aware that it has to be reviewed but, as part of the reduction, we did have to remove these initiatives. We also had to cut two positions. So that's why there's a decrease in our budget this year and it really makes it difficult, but we have to work with what we have, in terms of resources.
Michael McLeod on Item 19: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
In the Legislative Assembly on March 1st, 2005. See this statement in context.
Item 19: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
Item 19: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
March 1st, 2005
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