Mr. Chairman, in this area we are proposing an '06-07 budget, as Members can see in front of them, a total of $739,000, and that compares to about $1 million in '05, just over $1 million in '05-06. But I would note that we think this will be further enhanced, the 739, with the addition of the certification funds of almost, we project, $200,000 going into marketing. So as Members know, and the Member indicated, there were a number of factors here, including efficiencies in the department, the decision that we had taken to focus more on local support and less on the National Diamond Strategy. I would point out that one of those positions was very heavily involved in our national efforts around the National Diamond Strategy and intergovernmental work related to that. Once we lost the need for that work, we felt we didn't need to re-staff that position. Of course, in addition to that, there were the two staff departures. So the answer is just over $700,000 as compared to just over a million prior, and those functions have been distributed in the various different areas of ITI. Thank you.
Brendan Bell on Committee Motion 23-15(4): Recommendation To Review Transferring The Contract Registry To Fmbs, Carried
In the Legislative Assembly on February 22nd, 2006. See this statement in context.
Committee Motion 23-15(4): Recommendation To Review Transferring The Contract Registry To Fmbs, Carried
Item 16: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
February 21st, 2006
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