Absolutely, Madam Chair. Supplementary Appropriation Act, No. 2 requests authority for additional appropriations of $16,185,000 made up of $5,494,000 for operations and maintenance expenditures and $10,691,000 for capital expenditures. A number of interdepartmental transfers are also included in this supplementary appropriation which do not require additional funding. The additional appropriations have been provided for in the estimated supplementary appropriation requirements included the 1997-98 main estimates or will be funded out of a new revenue source.
The appropriate requirements include $7,998,000 for capital projects carried over from the 1996-97 year. These funds were lapsed in the 1996-97 fiscal period; $1,578,000 for incremental costs associated with collective bargaining and dealing with the pay equity issue; $1,299,000 for contributions under the Western Harvesters Assistance Program; $3,108,400 to replace and repair facilities damaged by fire, including the Pangnirtung High School, Fort Resolution firehall, several subsidiary businesses of the Northwest Territories Development Corporation, the Arctic Red River Ferry Camp and the Uttaqivik Centre Correctional Facility in Iqaluit. These fires are offset by insurance recoveries, less the deductible under the government insurance policy. The balance of requirements include approximately $4,354,400 which will be directly offset by additional revenues. Thank you, Madam Chair. I am prepared to review the details of the Supplementary Appropriation Document, if you so wish.