Thank you, Mr. Chair. Mr. Chair, in the area of the fuel prices in the NWT, the Member is correct; the cumulative impact of this supplementary appropriation in fuel prices is almost $4.3 million. The area where we talk about impact from 2003 is we haven't given departments an ongoing increase, so what we have dealt with them in other ways is to give them a one-time offset or a partial offset to that, but not have adjusted budgets since 2003. We did a price comparison since the year 2003 to 2005-06 and now, measuring that impact, we have agreed that we will have budgets adjusted to match the 2005 numbers. So what we are seeing is, because even though there was some offset in the past, it was one time and it didn't adjust their budgets. It gave them a bit of relief in that area. So what we have had to do now is to actually make the increase increment from the price of fuel back to 2003 to what it is now in this supp going forward, 2005. We have had to make those adjustments for the departments. Thank you.
Floyd Roland on Item 16: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
In the Legislative Assembly on March 1st, 2006. See this statement in context.
Item 16: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
Item 16: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
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