Thank you, Minister. Pursuant to Rule 8.2(3), Bill 40 is deemed to have first reading and is ready for second reading.
First reading of bills. Minister of Municipal and Community Affairs.
Mr. Speaker, I wish to present to the House Bill 41, An Act to Amend the Real Estate Agents Licensing Act, to be read for the first time. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
Thank you, Minister of Municipal and Community Affairs. Pursuant to Rule 8.2(3), Bill 41 is deemed to have first reading and is ready for second reading.
I now call the Committee of the Whole to order. I am going to go to the Member -- sorry, what is the wish of the committee? I will go to the Member from Inuvik Boot Lake.
Thank you, Mr. Chair. Mr. Chair, the committee wishes to consider Tabled Document 448-20(1), 2026-2027 Main Estimates, Department of Health and Social Services and the Department of ECC. Committee also wishes to consider Tabled Document 453-20(1), Supplementary Estimates (Infrastructure Expenditures), No. 3, 2025-2026. And, Tabled Document 454-20(1), Supplementary Estimates, (Operations Expenditures and Borrowing Authorization), No. 3, 2025-2026. Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Thank you. Does committee agree?
Agreed.
Okay, thank you. We'll take a short break.
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Committee, we have agreed to consider Tabled Document 448-20(1), 2026-2027 Main Estimates. We will now consider the Department of Health and Social Services. Does the Minister of Health and Social Services wish to bring in witnesses into the House?
Does committee agree?
Agreed.
Thank you. Sergeant-at-Arms, please escort the witnesses into the chambers.
Thank you. Would the Minister please introduce her witnesses.
Thank you, Mr. Chair. To my left, I have deputy minister Alan Doody. And to my right, I have assistant deputy minister Jeannie Mathison.
Thank you. Committee, we will resume consideration of Department of Health and Social Services where we ended yesterday. Committee, we were considering the information items on page 217 to 221. Are there any questions? Okay, thank you.
Members, return now to department summary found on page 189, with information items found on pages 190 to 196. Are there any questions? Seeing no further questions, committee, I will now call the department summary.
Health and social services, operations expenditures, total 2026-2027 Main Estimates, $728,039,000. Does the committee agree?
Agreed.
Thank you, committee. Thank you to the Minister and thanks to the witnesses for appearing before us. Sergeant-at-Arms, please escort the witnesses from the chambers.
Committee, we will now move on to Tabled Document 453-20(1), Supplementary Estimates (Infrastructure Expenditures), No. 3, 2025-2026.
Committee, we have agreed to consider Tabled Document 453-20(1), Supplementary Estimates (Infrastructure Expenditures), No. 3, 2025-2026. Does the Minister of Finance wish to bring in witnesses to the chamber?
Yes, please, Mr. Chair.
Thank you. Does committee agree?
Agreed.
Thank you. Sergeant-at-Arms, please escort the witnesses into the chambers.
Thank you. Would the Minister please introduce her witnesses.
Thank you, Mr. Chair. Mr. Chair, on my left I have Bill MacKay, the deputy minister of finance. On my right, Mandi Bolstad, the deputy secretary to the financial management board.
Thank you. Does the committee agree to proceed to the detail contained in the tabled documents?
Agreed.
Committee, we will begin at page 5 with the Department of Environment and Climate Change.
Department of Environment and Climate Change, capital investment expenditures, wildlife and forest management, not previously authorized, $74,000. Are there any questions? Okay, seeing no further questions.
Department of Environment and Climate Change, capital investment expenditures, wildlife and forest management, not previously authorized, $74,000. Does committee agree?
Agreed.
Thank you. Department of Environment and Climate Change, capital investment expenditures, total department not previously authorized, $74,000. Does committee agree?
Agreed.
Thank you. Committee, we will now consider the Department of Finance on page 6.
Department of Finance, capital investment expenditures, Office of the Chief Information Officer, not previously authorized, negative $1,811,000. Are there any questions? Seeing no further questions.
Department of Finance, capital investment expenditures, Office of the Chief Information Officer, not previously authorized, negative $1,811,000. Does the committee agree?
Agreed.
Thank you. Department of Finance, capital investment expenditures, total number, not previously authorized, negative $1,811,000. Does committee agree?
Agreed.
Thank you. Committee, we will now consider the Department of Health and Social Services on page 7.
Department of Health and Social Services, capital investment expenditures, administrative and support services, not previously authorized, negative $221,000. Are there any questions?
Sorry, not previously authorized, negative $221,000. Are there any questions? Seeing no further questions.
Department of Health and Social Services, capital investment expenditures, administrative and support services, not previously authorized, negative $221,000. Does committee agree?
Agreed.
Thank you. Department of Health and Social Services, capital investment expenditures, health and social services programs, not previously authorized, $5,041,000. Are there any questions?
I will go to the Member from Great Slave
Thank you, Mr. Chair. Mr. Chair, I would love to understand more about what sped up the Tulita health centre project and how we can maybe mimic that success to other projects. Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Thank you. I will go to the Minister.
Thank you, Mr. Chair. Mr. Chair, I don't necessarily have detail as to what sped it up. I'd be more than happy to report that back to the House. I take it from the tone of the question it certainly wouldn't hold up moving this through, but don't disagree with that. So can certainly -- I will say one thing is largely around with respect to mobilization and may well be in part as a result of just some of the mobilization costs and managing to streamline those. But, again, happy to perhaps report that in some more detail and I share the -- I share the view. Thank you.
Okay, thank you. I will go back to the Member from Great Slave.
No, thank you, Mr. Chair, that's all.
Okay. Is there any further questions? Seeing no further questions.
Department of Health and Social Services, capital investment expenditures, health and social services programs, not previously authorized, $5,041,000. Does committee agree?
Agreed.
Thank you. Department of Health and Social Services, capital investment expenditures, total department not previously authorized, $4,820,000. Does committee agree?
Agreed.
Thank you, Members. There is a schedule on page 8 that details the impacts of capital estimates. This schedule is not a voteable item and is included as information only. Are there any questions? Seeing no further questions. As this is not a voteable item, we will move on.
Committee, do you agree that you have concluded consideration of Tabled Document 453-20(1), Supplementary Estimates (Infrastructure Expenditures), No. 3, 2025-2026?
Agreed.
I will go to the Member from the Deh Cho.
