Thank you. Thank you, Mr. Chair. Well, that is something to work on for me. It has increased quite a bit. I do appreciate that the department has been serious about looking at putting more money into this area because, maybe four or five years ago, it was $300,000, so it has grown quite a bit. It has become something that the communities really find a good program for short-term employment, even training the equipment operators and so on, so it is a very good program. I think that, in the future, the Assembly or the department could look at increasing that amount, maybe even doubling that amount to allow for larger projects which are not real capital projects because they melt at some time during the year, so it's not real infrastructure. I would just close by saying that I look forward to maybe the Minister having discussion with FMB, even if it's something that could be put off to the next budget cycle but something that would be considered in the future. Thank you.
Tom Beaulieu on Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
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