Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I am pleased to present Supplementary Appropriation No. 4, 2008-2009. This document requests authority for additional appropriations of $46,691,000 for operations expenditures for the 2008-2009 fiscal year.

There are two items in this request:

1. To provide appropriation authority in the

amount of $9.3 million for the Department of the Executive, Financial Management Board Secretariat to record the increase required to the estimated accrued environment liabilities of the Government of the Northwest Territories as at March 31, 2009, as required by Canadian Generally Accepted Accounting Principles.

2. To provide appropriation authority in the

amount of $37.3 million for the Department of Municipal and Community Affairs to record a grant-in-kind for the costs associated with community infrastructure that will be transferred to community governments. There is no outlay of cash as the funds were expensed in previous fiscal years. The impact on government operations is nil as the department will record an offsetting revenue amount.

I am prepared to review the details of the supplementary appropriation document. Thank you, Mr. Chairman.