Caroline Wawzonek

Yes, Madam Chair.

Thank you, Madam Chair. Madam Chair, let me see if Ms. Melanson might have that at her fingertips. I don't have it.

Thank you, Madam Chair. Madam Chair, I don't know that any parties to any contracts want to end up in any kind of dispute resolution mechanism. I mean, that's I'd go so far as to say they don't. That's not the preferred course of action for anyone related to a contract, including the GNWT. We can't certainly control when entities want to make claims against the GNWT. There are times where that is going to happen. And this happened in this particular instance. Again, it's an almost $200 million project. And that was back starting in, you know, now a decade ago so certainly worth, no doubt...

Thank you, Madam Chair. Madam Chair, ISSS or information shared system services within Finance is now managing the LTOS project so that's why it is going there. Thank you.

Mr. Speaker, I give notice that on Wednesday, March 29th, 2023, I will present Bill 84, An Act to Amend the Northwest Territories Business Development and Investment Corporation Act, to be read for the first time. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you, Madam Chair. Madam Chair, well, depending on the timing of it, there can certainly be, you know, a cash flow situation that would require a shortterm debt but in general at this point in the fiscal year, we can look back and say that that if there was a projected surplus, then this these amounts come out of whatever that projected surplus would be or eats into that, as you might say, which then, in turn, takes away money that would be available for the capital investments. And in this case, there was a projected surplus and that, between the supplementary appropriations and the...

Thank you, Madam Chair. We're just looking to see if we had looked for a revenue number earlier. I just don't know if I had received it in. Let me see if we can find it quickly and if not perhaps provide it we'll have to I don't know that we'll have it here today, Madam Chair. Sorry.

Thank you, Madam Chair. Madam Chair, I don't know if we have a total here but perhaps I'll suggest we turn to Ms. Melanson. She might have some further information that she could provide. Thank you.

Mr. Speaker, I wish to table the following three documents: Additional Information for Written Question 6119(2), Government of the Northwest Territories Sole Source Contracting under Procurement Criteria 1.8.2(a); Northwest Territories Business Development and Investment Corporation Corporate Plan, 20232024; and, Northwest Territories Innovation Action Plan. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you, Madam Chair. And, Madam Chair, just of note, we might make a change on the infrastructure sups in terms of the language of using supplementary reserve because I appreciate that that is a confusing way of putting it. But there is a supplementary reserve for operations. It started off at $35,000, but as a result of the appropriations and the supplementary appropriations, including the proposed one at present, we are expecting to be in a deficit of negative $77 million to $422,000.