Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Chairman, from the Finance side we've addressed this on a number of occasions along with other jurisdictions and that comes down to what we termed as adequacy of the funds that came out of the federal government to provide a level of programs and services that all Canadians expect. We've addressed that. In fact, that's why we've seen the shift that went from our old formula financing arrangement to a capped amount with a fixed escalator that brought some additional dollars and there were some side agreements on that. I believe these were some of the arguments we made with regard to adequacy with the funding that flowed into the Northwest Territories. That's something we continue to do. Ultimately, it would just clean it up if we had from one funding source instead of a lot of small areas, because ultimately though the people themselves don't see a reduced level of service, that is money that we could have on an annual basis. Now it's not $65 million annually, it's grown to $65 million, but it keeps on growing and if we could take that money on an annual basis, whether it be $5 or $10 million, that would go a long way to providing even a better level of service right now as we continue to get called on by this Assembly and other people. Thank you.
Floyd Roland on Committee Motion 48-15(5) Establishment Of A Boards And Agencies Review Unit, Carried
In the Legislative Assembly on March 7th, 2007. See this statement in context.
Committee Motion 48-15(5) Establishment Of A Boards And Agencies Review Unit, Carried
Item 16: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
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