Firstly, we have no idea as to how this $1 billion will be distributed. Will a large portion remain within government administration to increase government services? We do not know where this $1 billion will go. When priorities are added, community agreements are only enhanced by a bare minimum. When we increased our number of regions by four and added two provincial groups, there was no increase. There were cutbacks because the needs became greater. I assume that the same would occur with the action plan. The cost of living has greatly increased since the first agreement came into effect. To my mind, the increase will be insufficient if we continue to add priorities that are not focused directly in the areas of intervention.
On May 1st, 2008. See this statement in context.