SECOND REPORT OF THE STANDING COMMITTEE ON ESTIMATES AND FISCAL POLICY First Session Fifty-eighth Legislative Assembly of the Province of New Brunswick May 12, 2015 MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE Mr. Bernard LeBlanc, Chair Mr. Bourque, Vice-Chair Mr. Albert Mr. Bertrand LeBlanc Ms. LeBlanc Mr. Roussel Mr. Chiasson Mr. Jody Carr Mr. Crossman Mr. Higgs Mr. Wetmore

May 12, 2015 To The Honourable The Legislative Assembly of The Province of New Brunswick Mr. Speaker: Your Standing Committee on Estimates and Fiscal Policy begs leave to submit this, their Second Report. Your Committee met in the Legislative Assembly Chamber on May 5, 6, 7, and 8, 2015, to consider the estimates referred to your Committee by resolutions of the House. Your Committee wishes to report that they have made certain progress therein and have passed several estimates referred to them and outlined in this report. Your Committee recommends that these estimates be concurred in by the House. Bernard LeBlanc, MLA Chair

The following are the items that were passed by the Committee: MAIN ESTIMATES, 2015-2016 RESOLVED, that there be granted to Her Majesty sums not exceeding the following to defray the expenses of the following program allocations for the fiscal year ending the 31st of March, 2016: Voted ($) ORDINARY ACCOUNT GENERAL GOVERNMENT Aboriginal Affairs Secretariat .......................................................... 1,394,000 Equal Employment Opportunity Program . ...................................... 363,000 Pension and Employee Benefits Plan ........................................................... 297,463,000 Less amounts authorized by law . ......................................... 2,000 Voted ................................................................................................ 297,461,000 DEPARTMENT OF GOVERNMENT SERVICES General Services . ............................................................................. 8,691,000 New Brunswick Internal Services Agency (NBISA) . .................................. 23,893,000 Service New Brunswick ................................................................... 21,073,000 Less amounts authorized by law . ......................................... 47,000 Voted ................................................................................................ 53,610,000 DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN RESOURCES Human Resource Management . ....................................................... 3,421,000 DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES Administration . ................................................................................ 6,464,000 Forest Management and Protection .................................................. 71,632,000 Fish and Wildlife Management ........................................................ 5,037,000 Land Management ............................................................................ 3,890,000 Regional Management . .................................................................... 6,244,000 Less amounts authorized by law . ......................................... 47,000 Less designated revenue ....................................................... 3,447,000 Voted ................................................................................................ 89,773,000 2

OPPORTUNITIES NEW BRUNSWICK Administration and Business Development Services . ..................... 17,158,000 Financial Assistance ......................................................................... 33,725,000 Less designated revenue ....................................................... 750,000 Voted ................................................................................................ 50,133,000 OTHER AGENCIES Economic and Social Inclusion Corporation .................................... 2,790,000 Labour and Employment Board . ...................................................... 619,000 DEPARTMENT OF POST-SECONDARY EDUCATION, TRAINING AND LABOUR Corporate Services . .......................................................................... 5,595,000 NB Public Libraries . ........................................................................ 14,644,000 Post-Secondary Education . .............................................................. 171,449,000 Adult Learning . ................................................................................ 11,154,000 Labour and Planning . ....................................................................... 7,829,000 Employment Development . ............................................................. 24,580,000 Canada-New Brunswick Job Fund Agreement ................................ 10,682,000 Labour Market Development . .......................................................... 89,144,000 Population Growth ........................................................................... 3,719,000 Less amounts authorized by law . ......................................... 47,000 Less designated revenue ....................................................... 27,581,000 Voted ................................................................................................ 311,168,000 DEPARTMENT OF POST-SECONDARY EDUCATION, TRAINING AND LABOUR Maritime Provinces Higher Education Commission . ...................... 274,997,000 CAPITAL ACCOUNT DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES Musquash Watershed Infrastructure - Capital Improvements .......... 1,510,000 DEPARTMENT OF POST-SECONDARY EDUCATION, TRAINING AND LABOUR Maritime Provinces Higher Education Commission Deferred Maintenance Program . .......................................... 2,000,000 3

LOANS AND ADVANCES OPPORTUNITIES NEW BRUNSWICK Financial Assistance to Industry . ..................................................... 60,000,000 DEPARTMENT OF POST-SECONDARY EDUCATION, TRAINING AND LABOUR Student Loan Advances . .................................................................. 62,900,000 WORKING CAPITAL – MAXIMUM BALANCES 2015-2016 WORKING CAPITAL ADVANCES WorkSafe NB Finance ................................................................................. 360,000 Education and Early Childhood Development ..................... 160,000 Health ................................................................................... 515,000 Post-Secondary Education, Training and Labour . ............... 30,000 Voted ................................................................................................ 1,065,000 PETTY CASH ADVANCES Natural Resources . ........................................................................... 29,000 Post-Secondary Education, Training and Labour . ........................... 20,000 INVENTORIES Government Services . ...................................................................... 2,000,000 Natural Resources . ........................................................................... 510,000 Post-Secondary Education, Training and Labour . ........................... 200,000 4