Thank you, Madam Chair. So as the Minister stated, the main estimates reflect an increase of $833,000 to reduce the municipal funding gap. And that money will be going to community government O and M. And part of the formula used to distribute O and M does include recognition of increased fuel and other costs. In total, in the 2023-2024 budget, there's about $120 million going to community governments in total. When we look at the O and M budget, the water and sewer budget, as well as the capital funding being provided to community governments, and both the water, sewer funding policy and the O and M funding policy do take into account increased inflation and price increases for salaries and things like utilities and those matters. We're currently working with NWTAC and the local government administrators of the NWT on reviewing our funding policy. So we are currently working with them to examine the factors in those policies that account for things like inflationary increases for community governments and how to account for that going forward. Thank you, Madam Chair.
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Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
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