Yes, Mr. Chairman. I’m pleased to present Supplementary Appropriation No. 2, 2008–2009. This document outlines the additional appropriation of $11.617 million for operation expenditures and a reduction of $43.329 million for capital investment expenditures in the 2008–2009 fiscal year. Major items for operation expenditures include $3.3 million for the Department of Municipal and Community Affairs to complete upgrades or replace aged water treatment plants in the communities of Deline, Kugluktuk, Tuktoyaktuk, Behchoko and Aklavik. These expenditures will be offset by funding available through the Municipal Rural Infrastructure Fund.
There is $3.1 million for the Department of Education, Culture and Employment for the increased costs associated with the collective agreement between the Government of the Northwest Territories and the Northwest Territories Teachers’ Association and $2.9 million for the Department of Environment and Natural Resources for increased costs due to a severe forest fire scene in 2008.
Major items for capital investment eexpenditures include a reduction of $52 million to reflect the revised cash flow requirements for projects in 2008–2009. The 2009–2010 budgets for these projects will be increased to reflect this change, with $9.4 million to advance projects proposed for 2009–2010 to ensure constructions can be started early and avoid any price escalation to projected costs.
Mr. Chairman, I am prepared to review the details of the supplementary appropriation document.