Shauna Morgan

Thank you, Mr. Chair. That would be helpful. And if also we could get an indication in writing of the actual, you know, revenues and expenses list from 2025-2026 -- (audio) -- okay. It's been published already? (audio) -- okay. But if it's possible to get those numbers now, the Minister's staff was saying that -- I mean, essentially, in the revised estimates we're seeing here nothing has been revised, and so these are not the actual costs. So I'd love to see if we could get in writing what were the actual revised expenses and revenues for 2025-2026. That would be helpful. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Okay, thank you, Mr. Chair. It always takes us a moment to get our binders organized here. I just wanted to ask about fleet management. So that's the area that we see the largest increase here in the estimates. And I understand that we have a relatively new initiative around consolidating our fleet management, so I wonder if the Minister can explain what that's all about and what is causing such a large jump in our budget for that item this year. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. I just wanted to follow up on my colleague's questioning about the Yellowknife airport revolving fund because I similarly am puzzled by the numbers that we're seeing.

So what we've got under the revolving fund is a list of different types of revenues that the airport is getting that last year, anyway, added up to $14 million in revenues. And then there's a list of the expenses. And then -- so I do see that there is -- there was a shortfall between -- sorry, wrong. The expenses add up to less than the revenues. So even sort of operating costs, revenues are more than...

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. So the Minister spoke about primary care, but what virtual tools are available for community health workers if they have someone with an acute care issue, so if they have a patient in their trauma room with some sort of emergency issue. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. So just to be clear, the specific leases that the minister mentioned, are those leases that have been transferred to infrastructure from other departments, or simply that infrastructure held those leases all along but the costs are going up. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. So that's good news. And so finally, I mean, ideas are raised from time to time, especially with our lowest water years, which we didn't necessarily have last year, but of the need to increase energy generation capacity -- yeah, so has the Minister -- or is the Minister aware of whether NTPC has actually been pursuing ideas to increase energy generation capacity within the Snare system such as increasing the capacity of the Bluefish reservoir and wind and solar potential? Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Okay. Okay, so it sounds like a similar reason that we discussed during the supplementary estimates yesterday that this is going to be the increase going forward. So just to be clear, is this just an increase in the Tlicho winter road contract that's causing this entire increase? Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. So my questions are for the Minister of Strategic Infrastructure, Energy, and Supply Chains, or if I have that wrong it's something along those lines.

In my Member's statement, I referenced a backgrounder that's available online produced by NTPC. It's not dated. But it's a list of ideas and possible strategies to respond to energy challenges; in that case, specifically around low water levels. And so one of those ideas -- my question for the Minister is, first, has NTPC pursued the idea of installing a 10-megawatt battery at Jackfish that could store up to 15 minutes of...

Okay. I will leave it there for now, Mr. Chair. But just wanted to keep highlighting this as something that we need to keep troubleshooting and trying to move forward on. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Okay, that's good news. That's all my questions for now. Thank you, Mr. Chair.