Thank you, Mr. Chairman. The 1999-2000 Supplementary Appropriation No. 2 requests authority for additional appropriations of $4,004,965 made up of $1,331,965 for operations and maintenance expenditures and $2.673 million for capital expenditures. Approximately $1 million of the new
supplementary requirements will be offset by revenues or other recoveries and will not impact the government's operating results for the year. Another $1.7 million will be offset by a decrease in the 2000-2001 capital spending. As a result, the net funding requirement included in this supplementary appropriation is $1.3 million. The additional appropriations have been provided for in the estimated supplementary appropriation requirements included in the 1999-2000 Main Estimates. With the approval of Supplementary Appropriation No. 2, the total supplementary appropriation approved for the 1999-2000 fiscal year will be $26 million. The major item included in the operations and maintenance supplementary appropriation is $1.2 million for implementation of the revised Hay Plan job evaluations for nursing and social worker positions. The major item included in the capital supplementary appropriation is $1.7 million in additional funding for two school projects, which are ahead of schedule -- the Tsiigehtchic School and the Sir John Franklin High School. These addition expenditures will be offset by capital decreases in next year's budget and will result in a total savings of $50,000. Mr. Chairman, I am now prepared to review the details of the supplementary appropriation document.