Thank you, Madam Chair. I am here to present Supplementary Estimates (Operations Expenditures), No. 3, 2011-2012. This document outlines an increase of $14.817 million in operations expenditures for the 2011-2012 fiscal year.
The major items included in the supplementary estimates are:
1. $3.335 million for the Department of Health and
Social Services to provide contribution funding to the Beaufort-Delta Health and Social Services Authority and the Stanton Territorial Health Authority for extraordinary costs that contributed to the accumulated deficits in these authorities. This amount will be fully offset by accumulated operating surpluses in other health and social services authorities.
2. $2.938 million for the Department of Health and
Social Services to provide contribution funding to the Stanton Territorial Health Authority for costs associated with the purchase of blood products from Canadian Blood Services.
3. $2.126 million for the Department of Health and
Social Services for increased costs associated with children in residential care outside of the Northwest Territories.
4. $1.739 million for the NWT Housing Corporation
to fund increases in the costs for utilities in public housing units.
5. $944,000 for the Department of Education,
Culture and Employment to fund the projected shortfall in the Income Assistance Program for the 2011-12 fiscal year.
6. $835,000 for the Department of Education,
Culture and Employment to fund the increased costs in the Student Financial Assistance Program.
I am prepared to review the details of the supplementary estimates document.