Thank you, Madam Chair. I am here to present Supplementary Estimates (Operations Expenditures), No. 1, 2012-2013. This document outlines a net increase of $4.601 million in operations expenditures for the 2012-2013 fiscal year.
The major items included in the supplementary estimates are:
1. $250,000 for the Department of Finance to
provide appropriation authority to transfer funds from the Consolidated Revenue Fund to the Heritage Fund.
2. $200,000 for the Department of Municipal and
Community Affairs to continue the Ground Ambulance Program.
3. $900,000 for the Department of Health and
Social Services to provide funding to increase prevention and promotion activities in 2012-13.
4. $367,000 for the Department of Health and
Social Services and $49,000 for the Department of Justice to support initiatives that support the design and implementation of phase 3 programming and evaluation of past activities of the Family Violence Action Plan.
5. $215,000 for the Department of Justice for
funding for the implementation of a pilot alcohol and drug treatment program at the South Mackenzie Correctional Centre.
6. $1.7 million for the Department of Environment
and Natural Resources to increase funding for alternative energy initiatives in 2012-13.
I am prepared to review the details of the supplementary estimates document.