Thank you, Mr. Chair. I am here to present Supplementary Estimates (Operations Expenditures), No. 2, 2019-2020. This document proposes an increase of $32.1 million to the 2019-2020 operating budget.
The major items included in these supplementary estimates are:
- $22.1 million for implementation of the 2016-2017 to 2020-2021 collective agreement between the Union of Northern Workers and the GNWT;
- $2.5 million to transfer responsibility to deliver a market housing four-plex in Tulita from the Department of Health and Social Services to the NWT Housing Corporation;
- $2.1 million for the Low Carbon Economy Leadership Fund agreement;
- $1.4 million for homecare, community care, mental health, and addictions;
- $1.1 million for conservation and recovery of the Bathurst and Bluenose East barren-ground caribou herds;
- $1 million for boreal caribou range planning activities under the Species At Risk Conservation Agreement for the Conservation of the Boreal Caribou; and
- $834,000 for the Pan-Territorial Vision for Sustainable Development.
That concludes my opening remarks, Mr. Chair. I would be happy to answer any questions that Members may have. Thank you, Mr. Chair.