Thank you, Mr. Chairman. In this particular case, obviously we have an agreement in place and we have to ensure that it's funded properly, which I have no concern with that issue. The concern I think I would have is, and this is what I'm asking for, is a commitment from the Minister whereas when we notice these anomalies and they may not be specific to, for example, Collective Agreement issues where dental premiums are under funded or whatnot. It could be a whole array of issues. But when we notice anomalies like this and, as stated by Mr. Voytilla, was noticed last summer when they were building the 2006-2007 budget, I'm wondering if the Minister could commit today to start sending us a letter to inform us that there should be large anomalies that we should be expecting in advance. One could perceive this anywhere from eight to nine months after it was noticed and we're only seeing a dollar figure before us now. It's not a difficult issue to pass on my side or my perspective; I have no problem with it. It's only the concern of notice from a Regular Member's point of view. It's the old, by the way, we weren't funding this properly, guess what, we have a $1.2 million bill that came out of nowhere, but all along it was being funded internally. I guess all I'm asking from the Minister is that we can consider a best practice that when we notice anomalies like this, he could give the Accountability and Oversight committee a bit of a heads up so we can foresee these things coming, and that way they're not a bit of a shock to either the system or whatnot, or surprise. Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
Robert Hawkins on Item 16: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
In the Legislative Assembly on March 1st, 2006. See this statement in context.
Item 16: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
Item 16: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
February 28th, 2006
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