I have been explaining for a number of years now, since I got the MACA portfolio, that since the New Deal, a lot of the responsibility has gone to the communities as far as infrastructure goes. We debated the Municipal and Community Affairs infrastructure budget yesterday, $28 million. Unfortunately, none of that money is in MACA’s coffers. All the money is distributed to communities because the communities have the ability to determine what some of their priorities are. Not only do they have the ability, they also now have the financing to do it. If it’s a community rink in any one of the communities, then looking at some of the capital plans, as far as some of the community goes, I’ve seen a few of them have identified in their capital plans outdoor skating rinks. The opportunity is there for the community to do that. As the Minister responsible for Youth, a lot of our youth dollars, our programming dollars, we try to get our youth out to as many events as possible. A lot of our money is program dollars, it’s not infrastructure dollars.
Robert C. McLeod on Question 376-17(4): Infrastructure To Support Youth Programming
In the Legislative Assembly on October 24th, 2013. See this statement in context.
Question 376-17(4): Infrastructure To Support Youth Programming
Oral Questions
October 23rd, 2013
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