Yes, thank you, Mr. Chair. So the program is demand driven, so it is a little bit difficult to predict how much demand there will be on the system from the people that are eligible for those benefits. But just to give the Member an outline of how it's budgeted for, so there is a base budget of $2.7 million for Metis health benefits and then the program costs, we estimate until the end of this fiscal year, will amount to about $3.4 million. The department has a bit of a surplus under its extended health benefits budget, so that's $257,000. So that'll be applied to the overall shortfall in this program which is $868,000. So $868,000, taking away the $257,000 that the department's applying to that shortfall, gives you the sup request which is $611,000. Thank you.
Vince McKay on Consideration in Committee of the Whole of Bills and Other Matters
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Consideration in Committee of the Whole of Bills and Other Matters
Second Reading Of Bills
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