Ron Cannan at the Government Operations and Estimates Committee

On February 27th, 2012. See this statement in context.

February 27th, 2012 / 4:50 p.m.

Conservative

Ron Cannan Conservative Kelowna—Lake Country, BC

I appreciate that.

I'm just following up on some research that's been done. You said you started in 1997. In 1998 the Standing Committee on Procedure and House Affairs recommended that the standing committee be able to reallocate funds during its consideration of estimates, which would throw everything, royal recommendations and all the present policies....

I have a couple of questions. Do you think the standing committee should be authorized to reallocate funds, and if so, how would this affect the principle of royal recommendation that all funding proposals proceed from the crown? How would it affect the ability of departments to plan their spending?

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