Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Chairman, before I go to responding to the Member's question, I must for the record state, as he stated in the House in a fairly serious allegation as I would put it, that I misled the House by saying we've provided misleading information on some of the numbers, and that's not appropriate. The fact is, in this case, the numbers -- again he's quoted $19 million over to $31 million -- and that's not an accurate reflection of what happened or the type of growth. The actual Human Resources budget, when you take in the initial costs from FMBS, because this money was carved out of FMBS' shop as well as each and every department that had human resources staff. So when you take all of that together, it was more in the $30 million range and we can provide that breakdown. It didn't start out at $19 million on April 1st, 2006, and then grow to $31 million April 1st, 2007. That's not an accurate reflection. But we will provide the actual breakdown of how that number is put together. Thank you, Madam Chair.
Floyd Roland on Revert To Item 19: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
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Revert To Item 19: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
Revert To Item 19: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
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