Thank you, Mr. Chair. Mr. Chair, I am here to present Supplementary Estimates (Infrastructure Expenditures) No. 1, 2017-2018. This document provides for an increase of $3.5 million to the 2017-18 infrastructure expenditures budget.

These estimates include the transfer of funding to the Department of Infrastructure, from the Department of Public Works and Services, and the Department of Transportation. This transfer will ensure the Department of Infrastructure has a full appropriation authority, starting April 1, 2017, to make capital investments in 2017-18, that were previously approved for Public Works and Services and Transportation, as approved by the Legislative Assembly last fall.

Other major items in these estimates include:

● $4.1 million for the Department of Infrastructure, for the pre-development costs associated with the Tlicho All-Season Road Project.

● $543,000 for the Department of Health and Social Services for the costs associated with developing the Northwest Territories’ Organ and Tissue Donation Registry.

These increases are partially offset by the decrease of $809,000 to the Department of Municipal and Community Affairs’ infrastructure budget, to reflect the establishment of an unconditional grant that will now be provided to the Deline Got’ine Government. That concludes my opening remarks. Thank you, Mr. Chair.