Statement made on 13 June 2006 by Senator Robert Peterson
Hon. Robert W. Peterson:
Honourable senators, on June 8 of this year, the Leader of
the Government in the Senate made numerous references regarding the Kelowna accord, stating
there was no fiscal framework, that it was all talk, no framework, no nothing.
I have checked into this, and the
facts would seem to indicate otherwise. On November 14, 2005, the previous
Liberal government provided its fiscal update. Among other matters, the
following were included in the update: money for farmers, $755 million; standby
loans for the forest industry, $800 million, and money for Kelowna.
On November 24, 2005, the Kelowna accord was
ratified by all parties involved, namely, the federal government, provincial
governments and First Nations. On that same date, in the Department of
Finance's sources and uses table, the following were formally identified and
booked: money for farmers, $755 million, and money for Kelowna $5.096 billion.
How can the honourable senator
argue there was no money for Kelowna?
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