No, Mr. Chair, I do not mind the position the government takes. What I am saying is that this should be something that stands alone. Our requests for the additional $700,000 into this budget as a request into this budget, it is not a request that you can then put under another department. We have our own issues with the other departments, and our request going to other departments. We keep them separate. We keep these issues separate. We are not having discussions with the Minister of Finance in saying, well, if you can combine this, or if you add over here, you can take away from here. All these requests are separate requests. All of these are strategic spending requests by this side. We looked at all of these, and we look at the strategic value to the NWT. We do not look at this and say, well, we can afford to shove this somewhere, or somewhere else; or if we can get this, we could afford to give up on this budget. We are asking the department to put this, and obviously the Minister is not prepared or cannot make that decision, then we will find another way to try to get that decision made. Thank you.
Tom Beaulieu on Consideration in Committee of the Whole of Bills and Other Matters
In the Legislative Assembly on February 21st, 2017. 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 20th, 2017
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