Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Supplementary Appropriation Act, No. 3, 2003-2004 requests authority for additional appropriations of $8.568 million for operation expenditures and $1.628 million for capital investment expenditures.
Major items included in this request for operations and expenditures are as follows:
- $3 million for the Department of Health and Social Services for the following items:
- • $1.6 million for retroactive increases to compensation for nurses and allied health care professional positions as a result of job re-evaluations.
- • $806,000 for additional costs associated with a collective agreement for the Hay River Community Health Board.
- • $600,000 for costs associated with the meningitis C immunization campaign.
- 1.3 million for the Department of Justice for retroactive increases to compensation for correctional services officer positions as a result of job evaluations.
- $514,000 for the Financial Management Board Secretariat for increased costs in the territorial power subsidy program.
The operational funding requests also include: $1.7 million for grants-in-kind and additional amortization expenses which do not require an outlay of cash; $46,000 for items that will be funded by the federal government; and, $300,000 in transfers from capital investment expenditures.
The net funding requirement for operations expenditures is $6.1 million, which exceeds the 2003-04 supplementary reserve of $5 million included in the current fiscal framework. As a result, our 2003-04 operating result will be impacted by the million-dollar difference.
Mr. Chairman, I am prepared to review the details of the supplementary appropriation document. Thank you.