Mahsi, Madam Chair. Madam Chair, the committee met with the Minister of Human Resources on September 20, 2006, to review the draft business plan for the Department of Human Resources.
The committee noted that the Department of Human Resources is proposing to spend $31.591 million in operations expense in fiscal year 2007-2008. This represents an increase of $2.354 million, or 8.05 percent, since the 2006-2007 Main Estimates due to increased cost for salaries and benefits, medical travel for GNWT employees, database administration and PeopleSoft licensing.
The Department of Human Resources is also proposing to spend $217,000 on capital projects in fiscal year 2007-2008. This amount will be used to complete the PeopleSoft human resources management system upgrade. Mahsi, Madam Chair.