Thank you, Mr. Chair. Mr. Chair I am here to present Supplementary Estimates, (Operations Expenditures), No. 2, 2017-2018. This document provides for an increase of $10.6 million to the operations budget.
Major items in these supplementary estimates include:
● $4.4 million for the New Canada-NWT Agreement for French and Aboriginal Languages. These costs are fully offset by revenues from the Government of Canada.
● $1.4 million for the Great Slave Lake Commercial Fishery Revitalization initiative.
● $1.2 million for the runway surface repairs at the Inuvik airport. An offsetting amount was lapsed in 2016-2017.
Also included in these supplementary estimates is funding, totalling $2.7 million, for the operating costs of the new AT802 Fire Boss aircraft. It is anticipated that these costs will be fully offset, on a one-time basis, with the proceeds from the sale of the CL-215 aircraft and their associated parts. That concludes my opening remarks, Mr. Chair. I am prepared to respond to the committee's questions.