Government Services Committee — Department of Municipal and Provincial Affairs this year to accommodate agreements that we can work with municipalities for them to assume responsibility for provincial roads within their areas. This is an initiative that we will be working in conjunction with the Department of Municipal and Provincial Affairs to try to achieve, within the context of the money that has been reserved for that purpose with the Department of Municipal and Provincial Affairs. Finally, on one of our other major functions, ferry services, we plan to maintain the same service levels as we have in the past year for our ferry services. However, this also assumes that the rate structure that was implemented a couple of years ago will also be maintained, unless there are offsetting savings to compensate for the rate increases that have been planned for. Other than that, gentlemen, I think those are some of the highlights as I see it of the 1997-1998 budget for my department. As I said in the beginning, it reflects very much just a business as usual approach to the major functions of the department, with the difference, I guess, or the comment I would add, being the areas that we are looking at on how to deliver service will be something we will continue to study over the year, but do not have a direct budget implication for 1997-1998. — 28 April 1997

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Newfoundland and Labrador — Committees

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