Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Cabinet made the decision -- I don't think it's an arbitrary decision -- but they made the decision not to proceed with it in this budget for the 2007-08 year. This work can still be done. The work is not wasted. The work has been partly done and a big piece of it is done through the third-party accountability framework. That's already done. In fact, I would say more than half, 50 percent of what's left has already been completed through that. Mr. Speaker, we always have conflicting priorities and we hear from Members saying we don't want to build more staff into headquarters. The proposal was to put more staff into headquarters. We can go that route and at the last few months of our government's term we can probably get people hired up by this summer and we would just begin doing that work. Mr. Speaker, it's my intention that this important task be put into the transition plan for the next government with a strong recommendation that they move it ahead at the beginning of the next government. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
Joe Handley on Question 451-15(5): Review Of Territorial Boards And Agencies
In the Legislative Assembly on March 8th, 2007. See this statement in context.
Further Return To Question 451-15(5): Review Of Territorial Boards And Agencies
Question 451-15(5): Review Of Territorial Boards And Agencies
Item 6: Oral Questions
March 7th, 2007
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