Thank you, Madam Chair. This fund is administered through the Department of Municipal and Community Affairs, and there is work under way as I understand at the moment within that department in order to ensure that the funds available to it for this purpose are adequate. I guess that is the answer. Sorry, Madam Chair. The work is being done right now through MACA to ensure that the funding is adequate in order to support all of the sports programs that are funded under this. Thank you, Madam Chair.

Thank you, Minister. Member for Yellowknife Centre.

Thank you, Madam Chair. Thank you to the Minister for that answer. The Minister wasn't definitive about whether the problems that caused the four highest-grossing retailers to go offline were fixed. Could she commit to discovering that? Thank you.

Thank you, Member for Yellowknife Centre. Minister of Finance.

Yes, Madam Chair. We will look into that and provide a response to the committee. Thank you.

Thank you, Minister. Member for Yellowknife Centre.

Thank you, Madam Chair. Nothing further.

I'm just going to go back to 2019-2020 Supplementary Estimates No. 4, operations expenditures, Municipal and Community Affairs, regional operations, not previously authorized, $199,000. Member for Frame Lake.

Thanks, Madam Chair. I want to go back to the multi-sport games. In the last Assembly, this money was cut out of the budget for MACA due to the fiscal strategy that the last Cabinet adopted of cutting programs and services. Now, it's popping up in the supplementary appropriation, and my good friend from Nahendeh was one of the biggest advocates for this, sitting next to me in the House in the last Assembly. I am trying to understand why it's cropping here in a supplementary now. I think we do want to support our youth in becoming more active and participating in multi-sport games. Is this going to be an ongoing appropriation in the Main Estimates for the next year? Thanks, Madam Chair.

Thank you, Member for Frame Lake. Minister of Finance.

Thank you, Madam Chair. Madam Chair, at this time, MACA is anticipating that the trend will even itself out, and that this fund will ultimately balance out, and that there will not be a continuous need for supplementary appropriations. Thank you, Madam Chair.

Thank you, Minister. Member for Frame Lake.

Thanks, Madam Chair. I sincerely hope that's the case, as well. We heard from MACA last time in the last Assembly that they would sort of try to scrape together bits of money by the end of the fiscal year, unspent money here and there, and try to make this up. Yes, I'm hoping that there's a little bit more robust plan to ensure that we can continue to support youth and sport, if we've got terminals offline. The whole idea of bringing this in-house was to make it more effective, more efficient, and it doesn't sound like that's happening. Thanks, Madam Chair.

Thank you, Member for Frame Lake. Minister of Finance.

Thank you, Madam Chair. I am conscious of the concerns being raised by the Member, and in line and in keeping with the theme of the fiscal planning going forward, I would suggest that there will be a more robust plan to support sports and to identify how sporting will be contributed to and funded going forward. Thank you, Madam Chair.

Thank you, Minister. Member for Frame Lake.

Thanks, Madam Chair. Can we get a commitment out of the Minister to share that more robust plan with I guess it would be the Standing Committee on Government Operations? Thanks, Madam Chair.

Thank you, Member for Frame Lake. Minister of Finance.

Thank you, Minister. No further comments. I'm going to go back to 2019-2020 Supplementary Estimates No. 4, operations expenditures, Municipal and Community Affairs, regional operations, not previously authorized, $199,000. Does committee agree?

Municipal and Community Affairs, sport, recreation and youth, not previously authorized, $650,00. Does committee agree?

Municipal and Community Affairs, total department, $849,000, not previously authorized. Does committee agree?