Thank you, committee. Supplementary Estimates (Operations Expenditures and Borrowing Authorization) No. 1, 2025-2026. Department of Municipal and Community Affairs, operations expenditures, total department, not previously authorized, $2,331,000. Are there any questions?

Seeing none, Supplementary Estimates (Operations Expenditures and Borrowing Authorization) No. 1, 2025-2026. Department of Municipal and Community Affairs, operations expenditures, total department, not previously authorized, $2,331,000. Does committee agree?

Thank you, committee. Members, there will be a schedule on page number 12 that details borrowing authorization, and on page 14 that details supplementary reserve impact. Are there any questions on these schedules?

Seeing none, please turn to page 13. Department of Government of the Northwest Territories, Supplementary Estimates (Operations Expenditures and Borrowing Authorization) No. 1, 2025-2026. Department of Finance, revised borrowing authorization, total government borrowing, authorization, proposed adjustments, $130 million. Does committee agree?

Thank you, committee. Do you agree that we have concluded consideration of Tabled Document 341-20(1), Supplementary Estimates (Operations Expenditures and Borrowing Authorization) No. 1, 2025-2026?

Thank you. Okay, Members, I will go to the Member from Boot Lake.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. Mr. Chair, I move that consideration of Tabled Document 341-20(1), Supplementary Estimates (Operations Expenditures and Borrowing Authorization) No. 1, 2025-2026, be now concluded and that Tabled Document 341-20(1) be reported and recommended as ready for further consideration in formal session through the form of an appropriation bill. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thank you to the Member. The motion is in order. To the motion.

Question has been called. All those in favour? All opposed? The motion is carried. Tabled Document 341-20(1), Supplementary Reserves (Operations Expenditures and Borrowing Authorization) No. 1, 2025-2026, will be reported as ready for consideration in the formal session through the form of an appropriation bill.

---Carried

Thank you, Minister, and thank you to your witnesses for appearing before us. Sergeant-at-arms, please escort the witnesses from the chamber. Mahsi.

Committee, we have agreed to consider Tabled Document 340-20(1), Supplementary Estimates (Infrastructure Expenditures) No. 1, 2025-2026. Does the Minister of Finance have any opening remarks?

Thank you, Mr. Chair. Mr. Chair, I am here to present the Tabled Document 340-20(1), Supplementary Estimates (Infrastructure Expenditures) No. 1, 2025-2026. This document proposes a total increase of $178.555 million in capital expenditures, comprised of the following items:

• $92.94 million for infrastructure expenditures funding for projects that were not completed in 2024-2025. This amount is fully offset by unspent appropriations in 2024-2025;
• $41.6 million for contributions to Housing NWT for infrastructure investment in public housing;
• $20.9 million for increased costs associated with the Mangilaluk School project in Tuktoyaktuk;
• $14.5 million to fund three new projects under the Investing in Canada Infrastructure Program Notional Plan. This funding is fully offset by revenues from the Government of Canada;
• $3.7 million for contributions to community governments under the Canada Housing Infrastructure Fund Agreement. This funding is fully offset by revenues from the Government of Canada;
• $2.9 million to fund costs associated with the Yellowknife Courthouse capital project;
• $1.7 million for cost increases related to the Fuel Storage Capacity Project. This funding is partially offset by revenues from the Government of Canada; and an increase of $832,000 to reflect the changes in project timelines for the NWT Courts Modernization project.

That concludes opening remarks, Mr. Chair. I am prepared to answer questions that the Members may have.

Thank you, Minister. Does the Minister wish to bring any witnesses forward?

Yes, please.

Thank you, Minister. Does committee agree?

Mahsi. Sergeant-at-arms, would you please escort the witnesses into the chamber.

Thank you, Minister. Can you please introduce your witnesses.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. Mr. Chair, on my left I have the deputy minister of finance Bill MacKay. And on my right, Mandi Bolstad is the deputy secretary to the financial management board.

Okay, thank you, Minister. I will now open the floor for general comments.

Seeing none. Before we proceed, committee, we will waive on the paragraph going into each supplement estimate is the opening infrastructure and go to the department and not previously authorized and the funded amount that was -- that will eliminate that duplication of -- I'm starting to dream of these words here. Seeing no further general comments, does the committee agree to proceed to the details contained in tabled documents?

Thank you, committee. We will begin on page number 5 with the Department of Education, Culture and Employment.

Education, not previously authorized, $33,000. Are there any questions?

Seeing none, Supplementary Estimates (Infrastructure Expenditures) No. 1, 2025-2026. Department of Education, Culture and Employment, operations expenditures, education, not previously authorized, $33,000. Does committee agree?

Thank you, committee. Languages and culture, not previously authorized, $1,923,000. Are there any questions?

Seeing none, Supplementary Estimates (Infrastructure Expenditures) No. 1, 2025-2026. Department of Education, Culture and Employment, operations expenditures, languages and culture, not previously authorized, $1,923,000. Does committee agree?