Keeping with the theme of the directorate, as it says provides expert financial advice, as the Minister indicated in his opening comments that the large percentage of the $688,000 or the 2.9 percent of the expenditure growth was due to the collective bargaining increases or annual increases. I would assume that these increases are not a surprise on an annual basis. I know these are negotiated over a tenure. We saw these increases coming. This should not be a surprise to the department. That being said, by what virtue, if we know these increases are coming, we know our revenues are only growing at 0.4 percent, is there anything that the department could have done to mitigate? Knowing full well that a large portion of this was forced growth that was going to be hitting the ledger, could this department have done anything to negate that so that it was in line with the revenue?
Daryl Dolynny on Consideration in Committee of the Whole of Bills and Other Matters
In the Legislative Assembly on February 9th, 2015. 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 8th, 2015
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