Jacques Gourde at the Government Operations and Estimates Committee

On March 7th, 2017. See this statement in context.

March 7th, 2017 / 9:25 a.m.

Conservative

Jacques Gourde Conservative Lévis—Lotbinière, QC

Thank you, Mr. Chair.

I thank the witnesses for being here this morning.

In supplementary estimates (C), I note that for a $157-million budget you are seeking an additional $4 million; this would take the budget to some $161 million. In reading the document I also see that this would mostly be used to pay for democratic reform initiatives.

Did the Minister of Democratic Institutions not have the necessary budget for those initiatives? Was that not included in her operational budget?

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