To the Minister of Social Services. The town of Iqaluit and the Government of the Northwest Territories now project a December, 1993 deficit of $480,000 in social services program costs. The town has not received the funds required to pay social assistance recipients for the month of December. When will that money be transferred to the town? Will the town again have to finance these costs in the interim?
Also, to the Minister of Social Services, the government's Department of Social Services has not met its obligations to approve a 1994 budget for the town's social services operation. This was due October 15. The town's social services budget was not approved until May, again contravening the terms of the agreement. Why have these budgets not been approved within the agreed deadline? When will the town's 1994 social services budget be approved? Thank you, Mr. Speaker.