Mr. Speaker, I will commit to making a copy of the letters that I'm sending both to Minister Prentice and to Minister Harper available to the Members. Mr. Speaker, Ottawa's a long ways away and they sometimes just don't understand that the situation is different for us. I find it frustrating when I hear the Minister of DIAND talking about the per capita amounts that Ottawa gives us at $17,000 compared to $8000 in Newfoundland, as if our costs were the same across the country. We know, and I'm sure that he knows very well, that our costs are much different here given our big geography, the challenges we have in the Northwest Territories. So there's a lot of these kinds of issues that we'll continue to push away at, but, Mr. Speaker, I don't want us to get caught in just talking about the cuts. I want to keep our eye on that big picture because that's what's going to make the difference, is we get our fair share of money through the resource revenues. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
Joe Handley on Question 153-15(5): Federal Government Budget Reductions
In the Legislative Assembly on October 20th, 2006. See this statement in context.
Further Return To Question 153-15(5): Federal Government Budget Reductions
Question 153-15(5): Federal Government Budget Reductions
Item 6: Oral Questions
October 19th, 2006
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