Thank you, Mr. Chairman. In the area of the NGOs, one of the things we found out as we looked into this file is NGOs do get a fair bit of money from departments but it is tied to specific delivery items which didn’t allow them to deal with the issue of office repairs that were needed to be done or areas of management costs and so on. This fund was identified to assist in areas that would help them, sort of, solidify that day-to-day carrying on of business, so the eligibility provisions we have identified for this fund would be, possibly include management, governance costs, those board costs, if they had boards, organization development costs and extraordinary general operation costs. As for identifying further monies, that would always have to be part of our next budget planning process, but in a tight fiscal environment it is difficult to make that commitment. But again, if it is the will of this Assembly that we would go with, if it were to say that that should be done. The only thing is, what other areas should we take it from to invest in unless we identify new sources of revenue to increase our expenditures. Thank you.
Floyd Roland on Consideration in Committee of the Whole of Bills and Other Matters
In the Legislative Assembly on February 22nd, 2010. See this statement in context.
Consideration in Committee of the Whole of Bills and Other Matters
Consideration in Committee of the Whole of Bills and Other Matters
February 21st, 2010
Inuvik Boot Lake
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