Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I am here to present Supplementary Estimates (Operations Expenditures), No. 3, 2014-2015. This document outlines an increase of $13.259 million in operations expenditures for the 2014-2015 fiscal year, of which $3.81 million is offset by revenues.

Excluding the 2014-15 forest fire season and the impacts of low water on the Snare Hydro System, the GNWT was able to limit supplementary expenditures to $10.9 million or $9.1 million below the supplementary reserve budget of $20 million for 2014-15.

The more significant items included in the supplementary estimates are:

1. A total of $11.1 million for the Department of

Health and Social Services for funding for increased program costs, including: • $4.7 million for costs related to adults and

children in care in southern facilities;

• $3 million for costs associated with providing

insured services to non-NWT residents, which will be fully recovered from other jurisdictions;

• $1.9 million for costs associated with NWT

residents beings provided insured services in other jurisdictions;

• $1.3 million for costs associated with the

pension plan of the Hay River Health and Social Services Authority.

2. $2 million for the Department of Environmental

and Natural Resources for the additional costs incurred due to the increased fire suppression effort required during the extreme 2014-15 forest fire season.

I am prepared to review the details of the supplementary estimates document.