Page 5-21, activity summary, budget, treasury and debt management, operations expenditure summary, $9.620 million. Ms. Bisaro.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I have another policy question. I am sort of not sure where it lies but it has to do with budget development so I presumed it came in this section. We were given to understand that the department, I think in conjunction with other departments, is looking at developing a mechanism to approve multi-year infrastructure with large capital or infrastructure projects. I wonder if I can get an update on where that is at. Thank you.

Minister Miltenberger.

That work is underway. We want to get the pieces in place for

the upcoming capital planning process for this fall. I will ask Ms. Melhorn to speak with a little more detail. Thank you.

Ms. Melhorn.

Ms. Bisaro.

That is great good news. I’m really glad that the Minister mentioned the capital budget coming up in the fall. I wonder if he could advise Members when we might have an opportunity to -- I think I called this a wish list the other day -- provide input to put items on the capital wish list prior to it being developed by whichever department and departments are doing it. Thank you.

Minister Miltenberger.

Mr. Chairman, the capital, of course, is projects are based on need, in which there is an extensive list, many of it multi-year. We have the capital planning process we would be more than happy to share. It lays out some of the criteria. What the plan is that hopefully we are working right now as we speak pulling together the work on the capital plan for 2010 and on, and that as soon as we have had an opportunity as a Cabinet and FMB to look at that -- which we are anticipating will be some time in June -- we would be looking to share that with committee so that they would have ample time to look at it prior to gathering again in the fall. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Minister. If we can get the information to the Clerk and get it circulated to Members, it would be great. Ms. Bisaro.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I appreciate that there is a lot of work that has to be done. I appreciate that the capital plan is developed based on infrastructure needs in various and sundry places and communities, but I am sure the Minister can appreciate that different Members have a different identification or a different definition of what need is in their community. I am a little concerned that there is no opportunity before sort of the list is finalized for Members to provide input to the developers of this particular list of particular items which they feel are needed in their riding or their community. I guess I would like to ask the Minister if there is an opportunity for Members to

provide input on a particular project which they, as Members, or their riding or community feels is absolutely necessary, that it could be thrown into the mix and considered at the same time that the capital plan is considered based on the guidelines that are there.

I want to say that I believe in those guidelines that are there. I think they are good. I think the process is good, but I think there also needs to be an opportunity for Members to put forward pet projects or wish list projects which very often don’t ever get to the list. Thank you.

Minister Miltenberger.

If a Member has a specific project that is not on the existing information that we all have, then the process would be that the suggestion would be that the Member would in fact submit something in writing to the respective Minister, be it Health, Transportation or Housing. That would be added to the mix and considered against the same criteria as the other projects, keeping in mind, of course, the limited pot, but that would be the way to get something on paper and into the process. Thank you.

That is good to hear. Just to recap I guess, the information that we all have, that is the 20-year capital plan. If the Minister could confirm that and if he would also confirm that he would get that information to committee, we look at that information and if we have anything which we feel is not there that should be there, it is in writing to the Minister of the appropriate department. I would suggest we also copy the Finance Minister. If I can get clarification, thank you, Mr. Chairman.

There is a 20-year needs assessment but we also have, and the committee has seen it, the documentation of the projected four-year capital plan that will get us for a five-year capital plan which is going to be updated as projects are completed and other ones are added. Yes, if you write to the appropriate Minister and copy the Finance Minister, then that particular document will be added to the list for consideration. Thank you.

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