Thank you, committee. Bill 21 is now ready for third reading.

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Does committee agree that consideration of Committee Reports 7, 8 and 9 are concluded?

Thank you. So Committees Reports 7, 8 and 9 are concluded. Now it's my understanding that you would like to start with Bill 22, Supplementary Appropriation Act, No. 3. Mr. Minister, if you would like to provide your opening comments at this time. Mr. Roland.

Thank you, Madam Chair. I am pleased to introduce Bill 22, Supplementary Appropriation Act, No. 3, 2006-2007. This bill requests authority for additional appropriations of $14.71 million for operations expenditures and $19.235 million for capital investment expenditures in the 2006-2007 fiscal year.

Operations expenditure appropriations requested in the supplementary appropriation include:

• • approximately $2.6 million offset by federal revenues;
• • $342,000 to be recovered through own-source revenues; and
• • a negative appropriation of $6.567 million to record a change in accounting treatment of the Federal Gas Tax Transfer Agreement due to recommendations from the Auditor General of Canada.

Capital investment expenditures requested in the supplementary appropriation include:

• • $800,000 offset by federal revenues;
• • $18 million to record the fair market value of CL-215 water bombers transferred from the federal government at no cost; and
• • a negative appropriation of $624,000 to record a change in accounting treatment of the Federal Gas Tax Transfer Agreement due to recommendations from the Auditor General of Canada.

Major items included in this request for operations expenditures are:

1. the transfer of $38.139 million from the NWT Housing Corporation to the Financial Management Board Secretariat, to complete the transfer begun in Supplementary Appropriation Act, No. 2, 2006-2007, recording the corporation's budget as a contribution under the Financial Management Board Secretariat budget as suggested by the Auditor General's office;
2. $4 million for costs associated with hospital and physician services to Northwest Territories residents receiving services outside the Northwest Territories;
3. $2.9 million to fund 50 percent of the 2005-2006 accumulated operation deficit and 50 percent of the 2005-2006 operating deficit at the Stanton Territorial Health Authority;
4. $2.1 million for increased costs as a result of transitional costs associated with the Human Resource amalgamation;
5. $1.8 million for increased GNWT costs resulting from the rise in fuel prices in the NWT since 2003. This represents 50 percent of the total calculated amount included in 2005-2006 Supplementary Appropriation, No. 3 that was not approved on an ongoing basis; and
6. $1 million for increased expenditures for supplementary health benefit programs, including extended health benefits, indigent health benefits, and Metis health benefits.

That concludes my opening remarks. I would be pleased to answer any questions Members may have.

Thank you, Mr. Roland. Mr. Lafferty.

Mahsi, Madam Chair. Madam Chair, I move to report progress.

Thank you, Mr. Lafferty. Your motion is in order it's not debatable. The motion is in order. All those in favour? All those opposed? The motion is carried.

---Carried

I will now rise and report progress. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, your committee has been considering Bill 21, Appropriation Act, 2007-2008; Committee Report 7-15(5), Committee Report 8-15(5) and Committee Report 9-15(5), and would like to report progress with two motions being adopted, that Committee Reports 7, 8 and 9 are concluded and that Bill 21 is ready for third reading. Mr Speaker, I move that report of the Committee of the Whole be concurred with. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you, Mrs. Groenewegen. Do we have a seconder? Honourable Member for Mackenzie Delta, Mr. Krutko. Motion is on the floor. Motion is in order. All those in favour? All those opposed? The motion is carried.

---Carried

Third reading of bills. Mr. Clerk, orders of the day.

Thank you, Mr. Clerk. Accordingly, this House stands adjourned until Friday, March 9, 2007, at 10:00 a.m.

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The House adjourned at 17:28.