Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Supplementary Appropriation No. 2 requests authority for additional appropriations of $11.201 million for operations expenditures and $5.450 million for capital investment expenditures.
Major items included in this request for operations expenditures are as follows:
- $4.7 million for the Department of Resources, Wildlife and Economic Development for additional fire suppression costs incurred due to severe forest fire conditions in 2004.
- $2.5 million for the Department of Education, Culture and Employment for emergency repairs to Samuel Hearne Senior Secondary School in Inuvik due to the collapse of the front foyer roof and fire in the gymnasium and industrial arts wing.
- $1.8 million for the Department of Health and Social Services for additional utilities and maintenance costs at the Inuvik Hospital.
The net operations funding request is within the 2004-2005 supplementary reserve.
The major item included in this request for capital investment expenditures is $3.4 million for the Department of Transportation for renovations required for the installation of an explosive detection system and increased utilization of the air terminal building. Two million dollars of the total amount requested will be funded by the Canadian Air Transport Security Agency and the balance through new airport revenues.
Mr. Chairman, I am prepared to review the details of the supplementary appropriation document. Thank you.