Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I am here to present Supplementary Estimates (Infrastructure Expenditures), No. 2, 2015-2016. This document provides for an increase of $65.8 million to the capital budget. The most significant items in this supplementary estimates are:
1. $61 million in capital carry-overs for the
completion of infrastructure projects. This represents a carry-over of 20 percent of the previous year’s capital plan, which is the lowest in the past 10 years. These costs are offset by an equivalent lapse of infrastructure funding in the 2014-15 fiscal year; and
2. $1.6 million associated with the revised
acquisition schedule for the new air tractor fleet.
I am prepared to review the details of the supplementary estimates document. Thank you, Mr. Chairman.