Thank you very much, Mr. Chair. Mr. Chair, I'm very happy that Members have been so vocal in the House about the use of this program and how successful, or how reliant I should say, seniors and elders are. I think it's really important that everybody have the opportunity to hear what is working for residents and what is not. And so I'm very thankful to Members that they've shared that this is definitely something that is needed.

The reason that you see the difference of just over $500,000 between the revised estimates for 2023-2024 and the main estimates for 2024-2025 is that due to the increase cost of fuel, and in recognition of that, the department was able to go and do its best to find that additional funding and work it into that budget in order to ensure that they were doing what they can to make sure that roughly around 80 percent of the fuel costs of seniors and elders in the territory were covered. The reason that the actuals for 2022-2023 are also higher than the annual budget of $2.192 million is because that same type of work was done in the previous year. So education has really worked hard to make sure that additional dollars are found because they acknowledge how important that program is for seniors in the territory. Thank you.