Dave Van Kesteren at the Human Resources, Skills and Social Development and the Status of Persons with Disabilities Committee

On October 31st, 2006. See this statement in context.

October 31st, 2006 / 12:35 p.m.

Conservative

Dave Van Kesteren Conservative Chatham-Kent—Essex, ON

It's eighty? That was close to Ontario's budget, I think. Remarkable.

We have a commitment from you, then, that you're going to continue on in these programs that are important to Canadians, programs that are working, but I would assume.... What was your portion of the cuts? We cut $1 billion, and how much did we cut from HRDC--$288 million, was it?

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