Mr. Speaker, the child tax credit has replaced family allowance. The family allowance that was paid out by the Government of Canada has been deleted. Now, they work on the basis of a child tax credit. In order to receive a tax credit, one must have filed an income tax form with the Government of Canada for the previous year.
I realize that the message has probably not gotten out to all the Northwest Territories, and, as I said earlier this session, Mr. Speaker, Mr. Gargan made us aware of it, and we had the federal government do a considerable amount of advertising in this regard. Last week, at the Finance Ministers' meeting, I had the opportunity to have this discussion, with regard to Nunavut and the people there. I talked to the deputy minister of Revenue Canada about redoubling our efforts to do some work, to ensure that people know how they go about applying for and receiving the child tax credit.
He said he recognizes the problem and we will do more work to make sure that people understand that there is no more family allowance, but there is a child tax credit they can avail themselves of, Mr. Speaker. Thank you.