Marc Garneau on BUSINESS OF SUPPLY

In the House of Commons on May 21st, 2013. See this statement in context.

Natural Resources—Main Estimates, 2013-14BUSINESS OF SUPPLYGovernment Orders

May 21st, 2013 / 10:05 p.m.

Liberal

Marc Garneau Liberal Westmount—Ville-Marie, QC

Mr. Chair, in the main estimates, the budgetary expenditures for AECL is $211.1 million for this fiscal year. In the supplementary estimates, the government is now asking for another $260 million, which is even more than the original amount in the main estimates.

I note that AECL has spent almost $620 million to date in the 2012-13 estimates. Why has there been such poor planning with the original main estimates?

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