Thank you, Madam Chair. The committee wishes to consider Tabled Document 275-20(1), 2025-2026 Main Estimates, Health and Social Services. Thank you, Madam Chair.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I know the Members have heard me speak of this topic several times in this House. I know the previous MLA for Inuvik has brought it up as well, and that's the state of the Inuvik Bypass Road, Mr. Speaker.

In Inuvik, this is the final extension of the Dempster Highway used by trucks, but not only used by heavy equipment and vehicles coming into the community, Mr. Speaker, it's also used -- people use it for walks, they use it for recreation, the schools use it for their running clubs, it's used by -- for a lot of different things in the community, Mr. Speaker...

Thank you, Madam Chair. Thanks for those answers, and I'm good for right now. Thank you.

Thank you for that. Thank you, Madam Chair. And I'm super happy that we have all these ologies that we provide to our residents.

I'm not sure if you have this number, but can you kind of out of that -- you know, it's a fairly significant increase obviously to that line item, and you mentioned forced growth and you mentioned the medical association new contract. Does the Minister have kind of a breakdown of what kind of made up the majority of that increase? Thank you, Madam Chair.

So no cuts to positions, then, and no positions that weren't -- that were vacant then, that aren't being filled; can I just get clarity on that.

Thank you, Madam Chair. And thank you for that. And, yes, and I realize we're on this key activity. I'll hold my questions on the compensation and benefits until we get through the other activities, and now I've given them lots of time to prepare that answer as well. Nothing further, Madam Chair.

Thank you, Madam Chair. Madam Chair, my questions are around compensation and benefits, and I could just be confused. It's possible. But given that we had an increase in our union contract but looking at this activity and all the activities throughout, I do notice that the main estimates are lower in each case than the revised estimates for 2024-2025. I'm just wondering if I'm missing anything there, Madam Chair; if there's positions that are no longer there or if we've gotten rid of positions that were no longer filled. If I can get some kind of an explanation on that. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Yes, it's been a day, so I'm going to lob one over the plate for my honourable colleague across the way, the Minister of Infrastructure, so she can knock it out of the park, Mr. Speaker. Will she commit to paving the Inuvik Bypass Road during the completion of the Inuvik runway expansion? Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. Mr. Chair, I recommend the chair rise and report progress.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. And I appreciate that. I appreciate the response so, Mr. Chair, I look forward to the outcome of this ten-year review and look forward to having an opportunity to participate through committee with recommendations for that review. Nothing further right now, Mr. Chair. Thank you.