Thank you, Madam Chair. The simple answer is that the health authorities have limited and challenged capacity to pay the money back. That is the reason for which the Department of Finance is working with them in order to try to ensure that their own internal fiscal frameworks are as responsible, going forward, as possible.

There are a number of initiatives underway currently, partnered between Finance and the health authority, to this purpose, one example of which is the "towards a better future" initiative. That is something that has been organized between the health department and health authority as well as the Department of Finance. It is meant to be an opportunity to examine why it is that their fiscal situation is as challenged as it is. Another is to bring them into the System for Accountability & Management. That is the general system of accounting used within the finance department and within the financial system of the GNWT, generally. It is hoped that, although there are no reductions in positions or employment, but that, by doing this, we are reducing the costs of licensing fees for the financial systems that are currently being used by all the different authorities and using just one, so eliminating those licensing fees, which are significant, as well as allowing the health department to have far better data management, data organization, and data evaluation so that they can then continue their process, again in partnership with the Department of Finance, to see where they can be more efficient overall in their processing.

That is the longer version and the longer explanation, the hope therefore being that, over a short to medium term, the Department of Health and Social Services will be better placed to not be relying on the Department of Finance to be supporting payroll. Thank you, Madam Chair.