Public Encouraged to Participate in Core Mandate Analysis

The Honourable Tom Marshall, Minister of Finance and President of Treasury Board, invites all residents of Newfoundland and Labrador to participate in the process of reviewing Provincial Government programs and services, as announced in the Speech From the Throne and Budget 2012: People and Prosperity. The purpose of the review is to identify the current best practices for service delivery as well as innovative approaches to deliver services more effectively and efficiently.

“As the users of government programs and services, Newfoundlanders and Labradorians will have opinions on how services can be improved and ideas on innovative ways to deliver them that better meet their needs,” said Minister Marshall. “The Provincial Government has set a goal of reducing the province’s net debt per capita to the all-province average within 10 years. To accomplish this, we must ensure that resources are allocated to those areas considered high priority to the people of Newfoundland and Labrador. As such, I encourage all residents to participate in this process. Every idea is valued and all responses will be carefully considered before final decisions are made.”

Feedback can be provided by mail, email or through an online form. Details of the process can be found on the Government of Newfoundland and Labrador’s website at www.gov.nl.ca/consultations.

The results of this analysis are expected to be implemented as part of Budget 2013.

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Media contact:
Luke Joyce
Director of Communications
Department of Finance
709-729-6830, 725-4165
lukejoyce@gov.nl.ca 

2012 05 17                        3:00 p.m.