Mr. Speaker, I am pleased to announce that the Board of Internal Economy has approved a business plan for the food services branch which will lead to savings of some $1.7 million per year.
Three cafeterias will be shut down and replaced with more cost effective alternatives. Staff will be reduced and re-deployed. Prices will be increased and menus diversified.
This initiative, along with other measures of the Gagliano plan, will save some $6 million per year for the taxpayers of Canada.