Thank you, Madam Chair. So let me first start with respect to the idea of there being -- about the borrowing limit, because that is a term that generally is associated to the federally-imposed borrowing limit of $1.8 billion. This is different. So we're not seeking any change to the federally-imposed borrowing limit and, in fact, what we did when we changed the Fiscal Responsibility Policy is rather than kind of -- you would see over the course of many years, and long before this current government, you know, the Assembly would see sort of creep up towards whatever that federally-imposed borrowing limit might be and then see the federally-imposed limit go up. With the current -- or the most recent changes to the FRP, what we've imposed is our own internal limit to say that if we hit that line that we will at that point -- you know, we are obligating ourselves to take steps to engage the federal government and discuss where we're at in that borrowing limit. We are not at that internal line. We are coming up to that line, but we are not at the line. We've kept ourselves under it intentionally. We're hoping, again, to not even need to borrow what is here, but we certainly want to not be in a position of having to come back at the very beginning of the 20th Assembly with a group of new Members and to have to go through this process. We want to have this cushion now to be able to get through to the next properly constituted Assembly and sitting of that Assembly.
Now, the second part of the question being around, you know, what are we doing longer term in the fiscal update, Madam Chair.
I spoke to the medium-term outlook. The medium-term outlook, of course, is -- you know, as we said, does still provide us stability and does bring us back to a point where we actually create further room between our total debt and the borrowing limit. The current year was particularly significant. Last year, there were also some fairly significant cash outlays because of the summer wildfire and floods. This year was just particularly extraordinary. So, you know, again, I can't predict in the future what next summer might be. Certainly hopeful that it will not be anywhere on the scale of present. And if that's the case, then we are projecting ongoing operating surpluses and then not requiring any further adjustments to the borrowing plan beyond what would be in the main estimates of next year. The question is whether and when to pay down total debt, and if that's something that the Government of the Northwest Territories does want to prioritize is probably a discussion for the 20th Assembly at this point. Thank you.