Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I have a further question for the Minister of Social Services regarding the issue of social assistance rates. The Minister should be aware that an interim report of the Special Committee on Health and Social Services has already recommended that the rates paid for food, by her department, come no where near meeting the real costs in communities, and particularly isolated communities of the Northwest Territories. Is the Minister, in her response to Mr. Arvaluk, suggesting that she is going to take no further action on the issue of social assistance rates until she gets the final report of the special committee?
Dennis Patterson on Question 349-12(3): Ministerial Action On Review Of Social Assistance Rates
In the Legislative Assembly on February 25th, 1993. See this statement in context.
Question 349-12(3): Ministerial Action On Review Of Social Assistance Rates
Item 5: Oral Questions
February 24th, 1993
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Dennis Patterson Iqaluit
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