Thank you, Minister. Mr. O'Reilly.

Thanks, Mr. Chair. We will have to keep asking these sorts of questions until we get the consolidated information that I have requested earlier in the week and at the beginning of the budget process. Thanks, Mr. Chair.

Thank you, Mr. O'Reilly. Seeing no further questions, we can return to page 183. Community health programs, operations expenditure summary, total activity, $152,585,000. Committee agree?

Mr. Thompson.

A couple of questions on this page, Mr. Chair.

Mr. Thompson, you had your hand up before I called the page, so I will let you ask your questions. Continue.

Thank you, Mr. Chair, and I respect your leniency on this. Just a couple of questions regarding residential care for adults and children. I see a reduction of almost $3.9 million. How is that cut coming about? Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thank you, Mr. Thompson. Minister.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. You will notice from the Main Estimates, 2015-16, where the budget was $45,889,000, it has gone up to $48,660,000. So it is actually an increase. You will notice that the revised main estimates show a higher number. Those are as a result of supps that came forward for residential southern placements for adults and children.

Mr. Thompson.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. I apologize right now. I am looking at your revised estimates. We have to come back for supps for southern placement. Are we going to be having to come back for supps in the future, because if you look at the numbers, I know we have seen an increase from the mains from 2015-16, but you look at actuals and they keep on going up. So are we going to have to come back for a supp. on this? Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thank you, Mr. Thompson. Minister.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. Mr. Chair, in this area we actually were able to get a forced growth increase of about $3,050,000 for residential southern placement for adults. Having said that, even with that forced growth we anticipate that we will likely have to come back for some supps But we base the supps on actuals and actual utilization, which does vary a little bit. We did get an increase. We hope that the sups in the future will be much smaller than they have been in the past. But I think it is fair to assume that there will likely be some supps Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thank you, Minister. Mr. Thompson.

Thank you, and I thank the Minister for his answer, Mr. Chair. That makes sense. I am just trying to understand the process a little bit better. In regards to contract services, going from the revised estimates, there is a reduction of $3.5 million. I know there is an increase from the previous, but there is a $3.5 million reduction. Is there a rationale for this? Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thank you, Mr. Thompson. Minister.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. It is the exact situation that we just described. It is just how it is reported in the expenditure category.

Thank you, Minister. Mr. Thompson.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. I thank the Minister for now clearing it up a little bit better. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Thompson. Anything further on this page? Seeing none, I will call the page again officially. Community health programs, operations expenditure summary. Total activity: $152,585,000.

Agreed. We will continue on to page 188. Community social programs. We will defer the operation expenditure summary until we have discussed the detail on page 189 and then 190. Beginning with page 189, are there comments or questions? Are there questions on page 189, grants, contributions, and transfers? Is committee agreed we can move on to the next page?