Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman. The committee met with the Minister and his staff on April
9, 2008, to consider the department’s
2008–2009 Draft Main Estimates.
The committee noted that the total operating budget is $81.427 million. Committee members offered the following comments on issues arising out of the review of the 2008–2009 Draft Main Estimates, and for that, Mr. Chairman, I’m going to go to my honourable colleague Mr. Jackie Jacobson, deputy chair of the committee.