Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman. The committee met with the Minister and his officials on April 4, 2008, to consider the department’s Draft Main Estimates.
The committee noted that the total operating budget for the Department of Municipal and Community Affairs for 2008–2009 is $114.782 million. The budget also includes $33.6 million for capital expenditures, of which $28 million will be provided to community governments to use to support their own infrastructure priorities.
Committee members offer the following comments on issues arising out of the review of the 2008–2009 Draft Main Estimates.
Mr. Chairman, at this time, I’m going to pass the report off to my colleague from Mackenzie Delta, Mr. Krutko.