Caroline Wawzonek

Thank you, Mr. Chair. Mr. Chair, that is going to be a key question in order to resolve this both for ourselves and the department of health. I don't have a detail of that operational plan in front of me but I, again, will certainly ensure that between myself and my colleague that we will have that ready and start to communicate that to Members and to the public. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. Mr. Chair, so, I mean, there's certainly there's the specific items that are here on the supplementary appropriation request. But, yes, there's different contracts that come due at different times. So, for instance, facilitybased addictions treatment, we'll be having we'll see an RFP go out in 2024 and then for that would be expected to begin for the following fiscal year. But I know that there's a fairly lengthy list of contracts that are administered by Health and Social Services and could perhaps convey to my colleague that that information could be provided as part...

Thank you, Mr. Chair. Mr. Chair, there's a chance. There's a chance they would support the travel support, not the income disruption. So income disruption wouldn't, as far as we understand, qualify under the financial assistance arrangement which is really meant to support the emergency piece. So, again, so yes, that $3.6 million was a decision made early in the fire season to try to support folks who had been subject to multiple evacuations. The Travel support program came a little bit later in the fire season. Again, we made the request; we've put it in. I believe it will be going in...

That is on the total, Mr. Chair. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. Yes. Thank you. Sorry, that is that is the business loss. So MTS operates with a revolving fund and it gives flexibility to continue to run its operations without, you know yes, it gives it some flexibility within to run operations from within that revolving fund. Any losses to the revolving fund have to get covered. This reflects those losses. Thank you.

I just quickly counted, Mr. Chair. I've got two in Smith, one in Simpson, one in McPherson, one in Fort Good Hope, one in Dettah/N'dilo, one in Aklavik, and I think I missed one in Whati. And I came to nine. Okay. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. So there's two positions under the wastewater surveillance funding. This was is an interdepartmental initiative, so it involves work across multiple departments. The first of the positions funded through these dollars is an environment laboratory technologist which is responsible for doing a daily analysis of wastewater samples. The second is a molecular microbiologist. This is an individual who can support and liaise with the Office of the Chief Public Health Officer and with Taiga lab, and that responsibility is to develop and refine protocols that can help detect...

Thank you, Mr. Chair. So I can certainly say the budgeted amount, first under the Deh Cho Bridge, was $9,021,000. The bond we have it's projected predicted to be $2 million. And shortterm debt is $6.141 million. So that's the budget. And, of course, we're now asking for $18 million more so you can do probably some fairly simple math on that one. The biggest single impact here is coming from shortterm debt where we're now projecting that that's going to hit a $20 million interest rate or a level of interest required. So, again, that's the one where there's been some significant number of...

Thank you, Mr. Chair. So looking at actuals over the last several years, if you go back to sort of 20162017, they were just under or just around $19.5 million, and it varies over time year by year 21.5, 24, 26. Hitting up in the last couple of years after COVID, it significantly increased, 20222023, there were $35.2 million. 20232024, we're now projecting to get up to $42.3 million as an estimate at this point but obviously we're getting fairly close to the end of the fiscal year. In terms of, you know, if well, actually I'll stop there and let the Member ask her own questions. Thank you.

Mr. Speaker, I thought I was done for the day.

Mr. Speaker, I move, seconded by the honourable Member for Hay River North, that Bill 5, Supplementary Appropriation Act, Infrastructure Expenditures, No. 3, 20232024, be read for the third time. Mr. Speaker, I request a recorded vote. Thank you.