So I clearly understand, we bumped it up already or we are about to or in the process of? Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thank you, Mr. Thompson. Mr. Minister.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. Mr. Chair, as I indicated, the mains last year were $13,881,000. We are slightly down based on some of the other driving factors in this area, some actuals, but the reason you'll see the revised main estimates up a little higher is every year at some we end up having to come forward with a sup based on the pension top up that is required by the Hay River Health and Social Services in order to keep their pension viable. We don't know what that cost is going to be, so we don’t build it into our mains. We come back by way of sup. We've already brought one sup to this House earlier based on the 2015-16. I anticipate that we will likely have to come forward for another sup in 2016-17 once we have a sense of what they're pension top up might be. We don't know what it is at this point in time.

Thank you, Mr. Minister. Mr. Thompson?

I thank the Minister for that answer. I think I understand it now. We pay it and then we come back later on to keep on topping it up. Is that correct?

Thank you, Mr. Thompson. Mr. Minister.

So the Hay River employees are actually outside of the public service. They have their own human resource manual, they have their own collective agreement, they have their own pension plan. They aren't part of Superann because they are outside of the public service. Every year the employees pay into their pension, but the pension also pays out people who have retired. In order to ensure that they are fluid, that they are a viable pension plan, they end up having to come back and ask for additional money every year, and this has gone on for a long time. I remember back in 2005 when I was working with Hay River Health and Social Services to bring it all under one authority, at that time, the government considered taking over and bringing them into the public service. It has cost us almost $1 million dollars a year since then just to keep their pension viable. We anticipate that will continue to be the case until such a time as we either find a way to bring them into the public service. That's pretty much it actually.

Thank you, Mr. Minister. Mr. Thompson.

Now I understand that. Sir, I'm good with that. I'll go onto something else. Grants, contributions, and transfers, there's almost a million dollars plus reduction. Is there a rationale for that? Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thank you, Mr. Thompson. Mr. Minister. Recognizing Ms. Mathison.

Thank you, Ms. Mathison. Mr. Thompson?

I thank the witness, Ms. Mathison, for providing that information. In regards to contract services, there's again a $1.1 million difference between the revised main. Please explain that. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Thompson. Mr. Minister.

Thank you, Ms. Mathison. Mr. Thompson.

Thank you, Mr. Chair, and I thank you for that answer. Are we going to be doing a supp. for this or was this just a one-time off on that? Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thank you, Mr. Thompson. Mr. Minister?

Thank you, Mr. Chair. Mr. Chair, we got permission from the last government to do a one-time transfer from the Midwifery Program in the Beaufort Delta to use those dollars to do our portion of the Organ and Tissue Donation Registry in Alberta, so it's one time.

Thank you, Mr. Minister. Mr. Thompson.

Thank you. In regards to fees and payments there's a $277,000 reduction in that. What was the savings in that area? Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thank you, Mr. Thompson. Mr. Minister?

Thank you, Mr. Chair. Mr. Chair, the savings in this area are as a result of some reductions to the PDI Fund that we provide to our staff. We still have the fund but we have reduced it slightly.

Thank you. Go ahead, Mr. Minister.