This is an area that obviously a lot of concern at the community level and public. I did not hear any support from the general public or Aboriginal governments to create an $87-million bureaucracy, $87 million that could be better well spent in housing, lack of teachers, special needs, all those issues at the community level, a real issue, Mr. Speaker. It boggles me that we are creating this "Taj Mahal" bureaucracy. It's unthinkable. Mr. Speaker, this was not part of 22 mandates. Mr. Speaker, did we engage the public prior to the prospect of creating another form of bureaucracy for the COVID secretariat?
Jackson Lafferty on Question 362-19(2): COVID-19 Secretariat
In the Legislative Assembly on October 16th, 2020. See this statement in context.
Question 362-19(2): COVID-19 Secretariat
Oral Questions
October 16th, 2020
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