Thank you, Madam Chair. Madam Chair, as I stated, through our business planning process each department would bring their requests for additional funding and the Department of Health and Social Services would have brought its request to the table. It would have been evaluated on the same criteria as any other department and just because a health board has a deficit, doesn't mean it's going to automatically get its full amount put back into the budget. As I stated, the program that's been put in place, if a health board has or authority has a surplus we allow them to keep that surplus for ongoing potential growth pressures that they may feel. That is also coffered in areas where they can't just move that money all the way around. But it's also understood that if there is a deficit, that they're going to have to work their way through that deficit. The government overall in the past has got involved in other health authorities and facilities in the past when it was substantiated, that there was an ongoing growth pressure that wasn't just a blip in one year. That's part of why you see things delayed as they are. We expect again that a review that's going on will help us determine whether in fact there may be some ongoing underfunding of some areas or if in fact there need to be some changes in the way program delivery is happening. Thank you.
Floyd Roland on Committee Motion 51-15(5): To Delete $682,000 From Human Resources, Operations Expenditures In Bill 22, Supplementary Appropriation Act, No. 3, 2006-2007, Defeated
In the Legislative Assembly on March 9th, 2007. See this statement in context.
Committee Motion 51-15(5): To Delete $682,000 From Human Resources, Operations Expenditures In Bill 22, Supplementary Appropriation Act, No. 3, 2006-2007, Defeated
Revert To Item 19: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
March 8th, 2007
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