Mr. Chair, I move that consideration of Tabled Document 383-18(2): Supplementary Estimates (Operations Expenditures), No. 2, 2017-2018, be now concluded and that Tabled Document 383-18(2) be reported and recommended as ready for further consideration in formal session through the form of an appropriation bill. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thank you, Mr. Testart. There is concurrence in motion. The motion is in order and non-debatable. All those in favour? All those opposed?

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Thank you, committee. I want to thank the Minister's witnesses, who will be sticking around for the next supplementary estimates. We will now begin considering Supplementary Estimates (Infrastructure Expenditures), No. 2, 2017-2018. Does the Minister have any opening remarks? Minister McLeod.

Yes, thank you, Mr. Chair. Mr. Chair, I do. I am here to present Supplementary Estimates (Infrastructure Expenditures), No. 2, 2017-2018. This document provides for an increase of $128.2 million to the capital budget.

The most significant item is the $127.7 million for the carryover of expenditures for infrastructure projects that were not able to be completed during the 2016-2017 fiscal year. That concludes my opening remarks. I am prepared to respond to the committee's questions. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thank you, Minister McLeod. You may take your seat with your witnesses, and let the record show that Mr. Stewart and Mr. Kalgutkar are still at the witness table with the Minister. I will open the floor to general comments. Any general comments from committee on the infrastructure supplementals? Mr. O'Reilly.

Thanks, Mr. Chair. So the carryover from last year is, if I get this right, $126 million. How does that compare with previous years and is there any overall explanation there? Thanks, Mr. Chair.

Thank you, Mr. O'Reilly. Minister.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. Mr. Chair, I will go back to 2014-2015. The carryover was $60,623,000. It actually went up in 2015-2016 to $137,521,000 million, and that was a result of a lot of the federal money that we had that added to that. 2016-2017 was $126 million as the Member mentioned, so the federal money is the one that we have been working with that has brought up our carryovers a bit, but before that the numbers were fairly consistent in around $60 to $65 million. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thank you, Minister. Mr. O'Reilly.

Thanks, Mr. Chair. I appreciate the response from the Minister. Just so I understand this, the issue is the federal money is not flowing perhaps as smoothly as we would like. Is that a problem of them getting money out the door? Is it a problem of us invoicing? Any sort of overall conclusion there would be helpful to know. Thanks, Mr. Chair.

Thank you, Mr. O'Reilly. Minister.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. Mr. Chair, with such an influx of capital money, a number of things may have contributed to this; the timing of getting the contracts out there, maybe the capacity in some of the areas of the Northwest Territories to get the projects done, and so there are a number of contributing factors to this, in fact that we had fairly significant capital budget as well. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thank you, Minister. Nothing further from Mr. O'Reilly. Seeing no further general comments, we can begin consideration of the details. Please turn to page 6. We will begin with Education, Culture and Employment. Comments? Ms. Green.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. Mr. Chair, I understand that a Sissons Study did a planning study of JH Sissons School and was completed approximately five years ago, so what is the durability of a planning study? How long is the information good for? Thank you.

Thank you, Ms. Green. Minister.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. Mr. Chair, the Member is correct. There was a planning study that was done five years ago. This was to update the study that was done, and my understanding is that there was not really too much that had changed in the initial planning study, but this was more or less just to update the strategy that was already done. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thank you, Minister. Ms. Green.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. That is a lot of money for a simple update. I am wondering if the Minister could allocate $100,000 of that amount to a family violence survey. Thank you.

Thank you, Ms. Green. Outside the scope of this document, but I will let the Minister respond.

No, Mr. Chair, I will not. We have significant funding that is earmarked towards those particular initiatives, and this is one that the work needed to be done to update the study. Thank you.

Thank you, Minister. Anything further? Nothing further for Ms. Green. Seeing nothing further, I will call this page. Supplementary Estimates (Infrastructure Expenditures), No. 2, 2017-2018. Education, Culture and Employment, operations expenditures, education and culture, not previously authorized, $261,000. Agreed?

Thank you. On to page 7, Health and Social Services. Comments or questions? On page 7, Health and Social Services. Seeing none, I will call the page. Health and Social Services, operations expenditures, administrative and support services, not previously authorized, $40,000?