Bill 2, the Supplementary Appropriation (Capital) Act, No. 1, 2026-2027, received assent on June 11. It raised the Government of Nunavut’s total 2026–27 capital authority from $373.217 million to $647.126 million. The government told MLAs that $255.1 million covered 124 projects with financial or contractual commitments, while $18.81 million covered 16 projects that had not yet reached that stage. Source↗

The approval keeps previously budgeted work from losing its spending authority at the end of the fiscal year. Major carryovers include $39.372 million for health projects, $15.248 million for education projects, $123.079 million for Transportation and Infrastructure Nunavut projects, and $72.601 million for Community Services projects. The list includes Rankin Inlet water and wastewater work, Iqaluit long-term care, Aqqusariaq recovery centre work, a new Taloyoak high school, airport projects, water-treatment projects and the Kivalliq–Baffin Connector Fibre project. Source↗

The government can use the approved authority during the fiscal year ending March 31, 2027. Project-level procurement, construction progress and completion dates still need to be confirmed separately. Finance Minister John Main said the carryover figures were based on estimates and could require later adjustments after the 2025–26 public accounts are completed. Source↗

This is not a newly pending request. The source candidate’s approval distinction was outdated: the Assembly passed Bill 2 and it received assent on June 11, 2026. Most of the total is a carryover of earlier approved funds, rather than new project money. The document also identifies several small projects as new 2026–27 projects because they had not started, had no contractual commitment, had no 2025–26 spending, or had a carryover request below $50,000.