Thank you, Mr. Kalgutkar. Committee, again, we’re on page 5, the supplementary appropriation. Supplementary Estimates (Infrastructure Expenditures), No. 4, 2011-2012. Transportation, capital investment expenditures, highways, not previously authorized, $6.810 million. Total department, not previously authorized, $6.810 million.

Okay. Does committee agree that we have concluded consideration of Tabled Document 43-17(4), Supplementary Estimates (Infrastructure Expenditures), No. 4, 2011-2012?

We’ll go to Ms. Bisaro.

Committee, if you like to, we can continue with Tabled Document 44-17(4). Does committee agree?

Thank you. We will now go to Minister Miltenberger for opening comments.

Mr. Chairman, I am here to present Supplementary Estimates (Operations Expenditures), No. 4, 2011-2012. This document provides an increase of $591,000 for operations expenditures for departmental over-expenditures in the 2011-12 fiscal year.

During the 2011-12 year-end process to finalize the GNWT financial statements, adjustments were made to departmental expenditures to ensure the statements were prepared in accordance with Canadian generally accepted accounting principles. The 2011-12 year-end process identified a number of adjustments that resulted in departments exceeding their appropriation authority.

Section 36(4) of the Financial Administration Act provides the Minister of Finance authority to submit a supplementary appropriation bill to the Legislative Assembly to finance any departmental over-expenditures resulting from the year-end process.

Appropriation authority is therefore being sought for the following two adjustments:

1.

$247,000 for Education, Culture and Employment for over-expenditures as a result of an accounting change in amortization expense; and

2. $344,000 for Transportation to record expenses

originally recorded as work performed on behalf of others as operational expenses.

I am prepared to review the details of the supplementary estimates document. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thank you, Mr. Miltenberger. If I can get you to maybe join your witnesses at the witness table who are already in the House.

General comments.

I am hearing detail. Committee, if I can get you to turn to page 3 of the document. Supplementary Estimates (Operations Expenditures), No. 4, 2011-2012. Education, Culture and Employment, operations expenditures, advanced education, not previously authorized, $247,000. Total department, not previously authorized, $247,000. Ms. Bisaro.

Thanks, Mr. Chair. I just wanted to ask a question here. The description indicates that this is a department over-expenditure, but then it also says it doesn’t represent an additional outlay of cash. Could I just get a bit of an explanation as to why we have an over-expenditure that doesn’t actually affect our bottom line, from the sounds of things? Thank you.

Thank you, Ms. Bisaro. For that we’ll go to Mr. Aumond.

Thanks, Mr. Aumond, for the explanation. That’s all, Mr. Chair.

Thank you, Ms. Bisaro. Committee, we are on page 3, Supplementary Estimates (Operations Expenditures), No. 4, 2011-2012. Education, Culture and Employment, operations expenditures, advanced education, not previously authorized, $247,000. Total department, not previously authorized, $247,000. Does committee agree?

Thank you, committee. Page 4, Supplementary Estimates (Operations Expenditures), No. 4, 2011-2012. Transportation, operations expenditures, highways, not previously authorized, $344,000. Total department, not previously authorized, $344,000. Does committee agree?

Does committee agree that we’ve concluded consideration of Tabled Document 44-17(4), Supplementary Estimates (Operation Expenditures), No. 4, 2011-2012?