Mr WOOD - 2008-05-07
Your budget shows an average increase in government wages overall of 3.12%. Why is it that the three most important departments, Police, Education and Health, have all had a budget increase of less than the average 3.12%: Police 2.08%, Education 1.3% and Health 2.05%? Does this reflect a lessening of your government’s commitment to the people who work in these essential areas?
ANSWER
Madam Speaker, I thank the member for Nelson for his question, but his hypothesis is wrong. Basically, there has not been the reduction that he is talking about. The variations affect those budgets. They all had higher payments in 2007-08, primarily as a result of the federal intervention. This affected global budget figures. He has tried to extrapolate something out of there that does not exist.
ANSWER
Madam Speaker, I thank the member for Nelson for his question, but his hypothesis is wrong. Basically, there has not been the reduction that he is talking about. The variations affect those budgets. They all had higher payments in 2007-08, primarily as a result of the federal intervention. This affected global budget figures. He has tried to extrapolate something out of there that does not exist.
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