Thank you, Mr. Chair. Mr. Chair, I am here to present Tabled Document 194-18(3), Supplementary Estimates (Operations Expenditures), No. 2, 2018-2019. This document provides for an increase of $12.6 million to the operations budget.
The major items included in these supplementary estimates include:
- $6.5 million to fund activities associated with the Low Carbon Economy Leadership Fund Funding Agreement with the Government of Canada. These expenditures will be partially offset by funding from the federal government.
- $3.1 million to continue delivering existing programs under the Canada-NWT Workforce Development Agreement. These expenditures are fully offset by revenues from the federal government.
- $1.3 million for the additional expenditures associated with providing a 1 per cent wage increase for non-unionized employees, effective April 1, 2018.
- $723,000 for expenditures associated with initiatives started in 2017-2018 under the Canada-NWT Early Learning and Child Care Agreement. This amount was offset by an equivalent lapse of funding in 2017-2018.
- $694,000 for the additional expenditures associated with the collective agreement between the GNWT and the Northwest Territories Teachers' Association.
That concludes my opening remarks, Mr. Chair. I am prepared to respond to the committee's questions. Thank you, Mr. Chair.