I am here to present Supplementary Estimates (Operations Expenditures), No. 2, 2014-2015. This document outlines an increase of $63.994 million in operations expenditures for the 2014-2015 fiscal year.
The more significant items included in the supplementary estimates are:
1. $47.4 million for the Department of Environment
and Natural Resources related to two special warrants that were approved to address costs of fire suppression during the extreme fire season this summer;
2. $20 million for the Department of Finance to
mitigate the impact of extreme low water conditions on the Snare Hydro System on NWT residents’ power costs; and
3.
$770,000 for Education, Culture and Employment to fund startup costs associated with the implementation of Junior Kindergarten and for incremental costs associated with the implementation of the Education Renewal and Innovation Action Plan.
I am prepared to review the supplementary estimates document.