Thank you. I look to Member of Range Lake.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. So this money -- so the 500K -- $500,000, this is just the planning stage, or this is money for planning? Thank you.

Minister Wawzonek.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. Yes, Mr. Chair, that would have been for planning only. We did have some initial funds committed from the Government of Canada with respect to this LNG plant, but that as part of the ICIP envelope is being looked at for where money can be put to best support projects that are more advanced and projects that were at planning stages will be looking for new supports once they're ready to proceed. This project is a good example of that in that, again, after the flood, it was very clear that the location needed to be reconsidered. Thank you.

Thank you, Minister Wawzonek. I'm going to go to Member of Range Lake.

Thank you. So next year we should have some clarity on whether or not that project is proceeding or at least the conclusion of the planning stage or the intention? Thank you.

Thank you. I'll go to the Minister Wawzonek.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. I would expect so. Thank you.

Thank you. I'm going to the Member of Range Lake.

Go to the Member from the Sahtu.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. My question is on page number 7 to the Minister on health and social programs, the Tulita Health Centre. And it says here to reduce appropriations in 2023-2024 of $8 million. Could the Minister explain that amount? Is it because the government has purchased materials from the project that was delivered to the site? Thank you.

Thank you. I'm just going to remind the Member that we're still working on Infrastructure. And did you have a question on the page 5 for now?

Page 5? So I'll wait until 7.

Thank you. Is there any further comments, general comments from Members? Okay, don't see none.

Okay, next one we'll go into the Supplementary Estimates (Infrastructure Expenditures), No. 3, 2023-2024, Department of Infrastructure, operational expenditures, total department, not previously authorized, negative $18,500,000. Does committee agree?

Thank you. Committee, we'll now consider the Department of Finance on page 6. Is there any comments? I'm going to go to the Member from Range Lake.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. Mr. Chair, can the Minister just --

Before we do that, I'm going to go to Member of Range Lake. I was just going to continue on here. Supplementary Estimates (Infrastructure Expenditures), No. 3, 2023-2024, Department of Finance, capital investment expenditure, management board secretariat, not previously authorized $1,253,000. Does the committee agree? Okay, now I'll go to the Member from Range Lake.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. Sorry for jumping the gun. Mr. Chair, I'm wondering if the witnesses can provide an overview of what the Canada North Fibre Loop Project is. I'm assuming it's related to the Mackenzie Valley Fibre Optic Link; I'm just not familiar with it. Thank you.

Thank you. I'm going to go to Minister Wawzonek.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. So, Mr. Chair, the Mackenzie Valley Fibre Loop -- or the Canada North Fibre Loop is related in that this project is coming up on the Yukon side along the Dempster roughly and will link into the Mackenzie Valley Fibre that has -- comes up obviously through the Mackenzie Valley, and it will provide redundancy for the Northwest Territories and Yukon in that when the two come together then there's -- well, again, it makes a redundant loop between the two. Thank you.

Thank you. I'll go to Member of Range Lake.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. Sorry, the additional $410,000 required to -- oh, sorry, no -- yes, sorry, that's right -- required to update the equipment to service the Mackenzie Valley -- sorry, let me rephrase that.

Why is this not being funded from within the department -- the department's own resources? Like, why is it coming to us as a supplemental appropriation? Thank you.

Thank you. We'll go to Minister Wawzonek.

Thank you. Thank you, Mr. Chair. Mr. Chair, I mean, I suppose with any other project there's -- some can be funded from within but it can't always be funded from within. Some of this is being offset by revenues from the Yukon government. It was in agreement that was signed with them to support the fact that this is an agreement that provides them a benefit of having a redundant link as well. And I mean, I think that's probably that. Thank you, Mr. Chair.