Mr. Chairman, prior to division, the GNWT and the Interim Commissioner's Office for Nunavut came to an agreement that Nunavut offenders who could not be housed in Nunavut would be transferred and kept in the Northwest Territories. Revenue projections were estimated using the average number of Nunavut offenders that had been held in previous years.
With that agreement in place, the department's vote 1 appropriation was reduced in anticipation that it would be replaced by vote 5 revenues generated by the agreement. The reason we need the money is, we took it away in anticipation of the revenue being realized by the continuation of Nunavut inmates using the Northwest Territories facilities. The money had been taken away, that is why we needed it back. Thank you.