Thank you, Mr. Chair. And I appreciate that information and that reassurance. The reason I bring the point up is just that, you know, overall looking at this, it is difficult seeing sups of this level come forward year after year and just knowing that we're hitting our debt limit. I mean, I heard one Member kind of suggest they were going to maybe make a protest vote related to this. I mean, I'm not suggesting I'm going to do the same but it -- I do want to kind of register a concern about some of the trends that I'm seeing. And, I mean, I'm guessing that all the sups that came forward met the policies, but there were concerns raised by a number of Members, you know, through a review of these supplementary estimates, that it seems like we're just kind of underbudgeting and we're making up for it with sups and that's a trend that's going on. And so I'm wondering if the Minister or her staff could comment on what we might be able to do going forward to tighten things up and to try and budget appropriately and certainly reduce this as much as possible. Maybe we need new policies, and that's something I could look into. Or stronger policies.
Julian Morse on Consideration in Committee of the Whole of Bills and Other Matters
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Consideration in Committee of the Whole of Bills and Other Matters
Second Reading Of Bills
February 10th, 2025
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