Thank you, Mr. Chair. How often does the department look at tax rates comparative to other northern -- or other Canadian jurisdictions? And, yeah, how often is that calculation done to make sure we're competitive with other jurisdictions? Thank you.

Thank you. I'll go to the Minister.

That we do regularly, Mr. Chair. So there -- and, again, happy to provide sort of as of January 30th, 2025, I do have a comparison of combined marginal personal income tax rates, retail sales tax, fuel tax, carbon tax, tobacco tax, payroll tax, corporate income tax, and taxes on financial institutions, which we don't have in the North, and happy -- it's a full chart against all provinces and territories so, Mr. Chair, probably not something that you want me to read out here with four minutes on the clock, but I can provide it to all Members and certainly consider having it put forward. Thank you.

Okay, thank you. I'll go to the Member from Range Lake.

Thank you. No, I appreciate that. Again, I think these are discussions we should be having, and I'm glad we're having them. Brainstorming's probably not what I'm interested in doing on the floor either, but I think we have enough room here to move forward and find ways to work at either the standing committee level or individually as a Member, so I will leave it for that. But thank you for the Minister and her witnesses' time. Nothing further.

Okay, thank you. Were there any other further questions on round 2? I don't see none, I'm going to continue on.

No further questions, please turn to page 170. Finance management board, secretariat, operations expenditure summary, 2025-2026 Main Estimates, $149,795,000. Does the committee agree?

Thank you. Moving on to the Office of the Chief Information Officer beginning on page 174 with information items on page 176. Are there any questions? I'm going to go to the Member from Great Slave

Thank you, Mr. Chair. So the TSC sat in this program detail of the OCIO, so -- and I know that TSC chargebacks affect the entire GNWT, and those chargebacks then turn around and fund the compensation for the people who work in the TSC. Could the Minister please clarify -- and if this is too granular, she can always get back to me -- the percentage that pays -- of the chargebacks that pays for compensation of staff, the percentage that pays for hard and software, etcetera, that we use in the government and what might be left over? Thank you, Mr. Chair.

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

Thank you, Mr. Chair. I am definitely going to have to see if we can run that analysis. I suspect we can, but just breaking down, then, the number that you see here for this area and breaking it down in terms of technology services centre, how much of that is our staffing compensation and benefits versus others. So, again, certainly happy to provide that, and I think it does then get tabled to the House. Thank you.

Thank you. I'm going to go to the Member from Great Slave.

That's all for now.

Okay, thank you. I'm going to go to the Member from Yellowknife North.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. So I see that there has been three positions added to the Office of the Chief Information Officer. And can the Minister confirm whether these are related to the transfer of the TSC from Infrastructure to Finance? Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thank you. I'll go to the Minister.

Sorry, Mr. Chair. Yes, they're for the transfer over. Thank you. They were previously -- yes, they were previously -- they were previously unfunded, showing as unfunded in Infrastructure, but they're being brought in and reflected for the fact that they were filled in or need to be filled. Thank you.

Thank you. I'll go to the Member from Yellowknife North.

Okay. And so it sounds like -- well, maybe the Minister can confirm whether any new hires were done as a result of the transfer of TSC and whether there was any net increase in staff. It sounds like there were unfunded staff, so I'm not clear whether they were counted previously in our budget documents as official staff positions. So I guess the couple questions related there are were there any new hires and was there any net increase in staff positions related to that transfer of TSC from Infrastructure to Finance. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

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

Thank you, Mr. Chair. Actually, Mr. Chair, if I might send that one over to our director, please.

Thank you. I'll go to the director.

Thank you. I'm going to go to the Member from Yellowknife North.