Thank you. Deputy minister Gareau.

Thank you. Member for Frame Lake.

Thanks. Maybe I'll take another try at this. Okay, so there are staff presumably in this activity, and I'm just going to turn the page over to seven. So I would have thought that there would be at least a collective agreement increase but what we actually see is that the budget for this activity actually going down at a time when a collective agreement increase should be here. So where's that money being found, and why is it this activity getting less money in 2022-2023 than the year before? Thanks, Madam Chair.

Thank you. Minister of MACA.

Sorry, so I'm looking at the budget here in the 2022-2023 Main Estimates, we have 5.38, and under the revised one was 5.342. So we've seen an increase of 38 from the revised budget. So the -- but for that detail, I'll turn to the deputy minister. Maybe I'm missing something. Thank you.

Thank you. Deputy minister Gareau.

Thank you. Member for Frame Lake.

Yeah, thanks, Madam Chair. Well, I guess I just will put on the record that it's disappointing to see a decline in funding for sport, recreation, and youth from what we had in our main estimates last year compared to what we're going to do in 2022-2023. At the same time that there should have been a collective agreement increase, we're spending less money on sport, recreation, and youth. And I just don't think that that's sends out a good signal. Thanks, Madam Chair.

Thank you. Any further questions? Member for Kam Lake.

Thank you very much, Madam Chair. Yeah, Madam Chair, I'd like to echo what my colleague for Frame Lake is saying. These are our mental wellness dollars right here, especially for small communities that may not have access to the same facilities or same programs here in Yellowknife.

And just in reference to the travel dollars or travel restrictions that have gone down, I'm wondering if the Minister can speak to the impact of the reduction of those travel dollars and what travel was reduced from this key activity? Thank you.

Thank you. Minister of MACA.

For that detail, I'll turn to the deputy minister. Thank you.

Thank you. Deputy minister Gareau.

Thank you. Member for Kam Lake.

Thank you very much, Madam Chair. Madam Chair, my concern is that the intent of travel reductions were to I guess remove dollars from a budget item for southern travel, not for northern travel. And so my concern is a greater impact in the North here. And we always understood that there was still going to be some travel needs, especially travel needs that were required for access to programs and services for youth. And so my question is does this have an impact on the ability of children or youth in the territory to travel for sport? Thank you.

Thank you. Minister of MACA.

No. Thank you.

Thank you. Member for Kam Lake.

Thank you very much, Madam Chair. I appreciate that very clear and concise answer.

My next question is in regards to multi-sport games which we see had actuals of 650, and then is no longer in the budget. I'm wondering, given that it was funding to support NWT -- or Team NWT participation in major supporting events, is that removed because it's not on Arctic Winter Games year? Thank you.

Thank you. Member for -- or Minister of MACA.

For that detail, I'll turn to the deputy minister. Thank you.