Well, that is exactly my point. That is why programs and services aren’t being delivered in communities, because they know that they don’t have to spend it in those communities. They could move it around any place they want except for those communities it is earmarked for. I, for one, do not agree with that, because the money should be expended in those communities that it has been approved for. There is a formula that is basically allowed for each community to spend their dollars in those communities. Again, if that is the position of the ministry and the way that you deliver programs and services, I think that is a mistake. That is why programs and services aren’t delivered in a lot of our communities. It is because you allow that practice to continue where you can move money around any time you want on anything that you want to expend it on. I would like to ask the Minister again, are there rules in place to not allow that type of practice to take place so it is being expended in the communities that it is earmarked for?
David Krutko on Committee Motion 1-16(3): Strategy To Improve The Health And Social Services Programs In Small And Remote Communities Carried
In the Legislative Assembly on February 16th, 2009. See this statement in context.
Committee Motion 1-16(3): Strategy To Improve The Health And Social Services Programs In Small And Remote Communities Carried
Consideration in Committee of the Whole of Bills and Other Matters
February 15th, 2009
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