Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I am here to present Supplementary Estimates (Infrastructure Expenditures), No. 1, 2012-2013. This document provides for an increase of $10.014 million for operations expenditures and an increase of $105.745 million for capital investment expenditures in the 2012-2013 fiscal year. The total supplementary request is $115.759 million.
Major items in this supplementary estimate include:
1. $105.7 million to carry over funding for
infrastructure projects. This funding was approved and lapsed in the 2011-12 fiscal period. The carry-overs for capital investment expenditures in the supplementary estimates represent about 35 percent of the 2011-12 revised capital budget.
2. $850,000 for investments under the Energy
Priorities Investment Plan to install a wood pellet boiler at the Deh Gah School in Fort Providence and an electric boiler system for the Northern Lights Special Care Facility in Fort Smith.
3. $10 million for the Department of Transportation
for funding for the completion of the Deh Cho Bridge, to resolve claims and to help ensure the benefits of the bridge are realized by November 2012.
4.
$2.5 million for the Department of Transportation to continue the engineering and environmental assessment work for the Inuvik to Tuktoyaktuk Highway Project.
I am prepared to review the details of the supplementary estimates document.