Michael Miltenberger

I am here to present Supplementary Estimates (Operations Expenditures), No. 3, 2012-2013. This document outlines an increase of $16.417 million in operations expenditures for the 2012-2013 fiscal year.

The major items included in the supplementary estimates are:

A total of $5.3 million for the Department of Health and Social Services for increased costs associated with adults and children in residential care outside the Northwest Territories.

$4.7 million for the Department of Health and Social Services for increased costs for the provision of health care services to non-NWT residents, which will...

This is a demand-driven service. Given all the factors that affect the health of Northerners, the age, the lifestyle issues, genetic issues, environmental issues, we anticipate that, yes, there will be an ongoing demand. The blood services part of Health and Social Services is one that has seen constant growth. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I with me the deputy minister, Mike Aumond, and the deputy secretary to the FMB, Sandy Kalgutkar.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. It will change. Some of these costs could be attributed in the last year it was two individuals that drove the costs, that some of the blood products are very expensive depending on what may be ailing the individual clients. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I give notice that on March 14, 2013, I will move that Bill 7, Supplementary Appropriation Act (Infrastructure Expenditures), No. 4, 2011-2012, be read for the first time.

I am here to present Supplementary Estimates (Infrastructure Expenditures), No. 4, 2011-2012. This document outlines an increase of $6.810 million for capital investment expenditures in the 2011-2012 fiscal year for the Department of Transportation to provide appropriation authority to record the year-end valuation adjustment on the long-term debt associated with the Deh Cho Bridge Project.

I am prepared to review the details of the supplementary estimates document.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. We are in year two. Thank you.

I am here to present Supplementary Estimates (Operations Expenditures), No. 1, 2013-14. This document outlines an increase of $3 million in operations expenditures for the 2013-2014 fiscal year.

The major items included in the supplementary estimates are:

$1.670 million for the Department of Health and Social Services to increase funding for prevention and promotion services.

$600,000 for the Department of Industry, Tourism and Investment to increase funding identified for increased investment in tourism marketing activities.

$400,000 for the Department of Environment and Natural Resources to...

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. This motion is stating in many cases and to a large extent what the government is already doing. The government of the 16th Legislative Assembly directed significant resources to update and improve the Diamond Policy Framework in 2010-2011. Updating the framework was a significant achievement of the 16th Legislative Assembly, and involved extensive consultation with industry and other stakeholders to assure a comprehensive approach. At that time the government worked closely with the Standing Committee on Economic Development and Infrastructure, Government of the...

We, as a government, have put in subsidies to cushion the rate shock. As well, on an operational basis, governments don’t get any type of subsidies, so we pay out the cost to cushion, or the subsidy, and then we pay the fully burdened rate for the service.