Madam Chair, I do. However, I thought we were doing the infrastructure sup and so I have the wrong ones in front of me, Madam Chair. But if you'll bear with me a moment, I will be able to read the correct ones to you. All right, no, that's still not it. All right, Madam Chair, I'm happy to present Supplementary Estimates (Operations Expenditures), No. 3, 2022-2023.
These supplementary estimates propose a total increase of $44.1 million, of which $11.9 million will be offset by revenues from the Government of Canada. These supplementary estimates propose the following expenditures:
- $6.3 million for Technology Service Centre costs incurred by departments;
- $26.6 million in support of health and wellness services for residents of the Northwest Territories including:
- $15.8 million to support recruitment and retention of physicians and frontline nursing staff;
- $3.9 million for adult supportive living services and $882,000 for foster care and support agreements;
- $3.4 million for the medical travel program;
- $2 million for radiology and referred laboratory services; and,
- $633,000 for chemotherapy drug supplies.
Also,
- $1.8 million for justice and court services, including $1 million for court circuit travel costs and deputy judge honoraria, as well as $808,000 for enhancements and extensions to the First Nations and Inuit Policing Program; and,
- $375,000 for support to the 2022-2025 Energy Action Plan.
Additionally, we are proposing the following supplementary expenditures, which are supported by federally funded agreements, including:
- $8.47 million in support of health and social programs that includes $6 million in support of First Nations and Inuit Home and Community Care Agreements and the Territorial Health Investment Fund;
- $1.18 million to support Environment and Natural Resources agreements including $300,000 for cooperation in the continuation of the National Forest Inventory Remeasurement, $200,000 for Peary Caribou Movements and Habitat Use, and $300,000 for Wood Bison Collaborative Working Groups in the Northwest Territories;
- $1.08 million in support of the Canada-Northwest Territories Workforce Development Agreement and the Labour Market Development Agreement;
- $394,000 for the Pan-Territorial Sport Strategy Agreement;
- $374,000 in support of Women In Leadership and made-in-the-North campaign schools;
- $316,000 in support of public housing renovations; and,
- $130,000 to enhance economic activity, including $80,000 to support sealskin artisan development and $50,000 to investigate the use of NWT's geological materials for cement production.
That concludes my opening remarks, Madam Chair, and we are happy to answer any questions.