Michael Miltenberger

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. This is another demand-driven area, but there has been a steady increase. The program review office, one of the tasks there that have been given is to look at these areas. One of the questions that has occurred in the past is, is there a sufficient capacity in the North or can the capacity be built in the North to have the facilities up here to repatriate those services. We put in facilities in Hay River, for example, to do that. Over the years, way back, Trailcross was built. There’s been other receiving homes built to try to repatriate services, the Territorial...

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. The intent is to make this as seamless a transition as possible.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. The projected cost will total about $30.8 million for 2012-13.

Thank you. In concluding this supp currently before us, it will be $18.961 million.

Yes, Mr. Chairman.

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.

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.