Madam Chair, you know, the municipal funding gap is a major problem for small communities and regional centres. And I want to know what the Minister and his department is doing for innovative and creative solutions to ensure that the municipal funding gap, at some point in our lifetime, whether it be the next ten years or whatever, that everything is at equal basis? So I'm just wondering what his ideas, his views on ensuring that this happens. You know, you have three -- two out of three staff that are located here in the capital, and it's a large bureaucratic empire and we have very few at the regional level, and yet we're funding that staff to micromanage these small communities and regional centres. Instead, we should be cutting that in half and putting that money to the municipal funding gap. Like, you got to start thinking of creative ideas in a business sense to make sure that this works. More bureaucratic positions doesn't solve the problem for the municipal funding gap. That affects small communities and regional centres. I'd like to know his views on this. Thank you, Madam Chair.
Frieda Martselos on Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
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