Thank you, Mr. Chairman. My comments will be in two parts with a couple of questions, Mr. Chairman. It seems to me in the past ten years that Social Services' programs have allowed some families, especially middle aged ones, to become chronic social assistance recipients without any incentive to find work or another forms of income. That has been passed down to their children when they are growing up in their teens or early twenties. I have also noticed that the chronic social assistance recipients do not discourage their daughters from having children because they want to adopt them and thereby be able to receive more social assistance. By having more children, they cannot afford to live on a regular earned salary. I am not saying not to have this kind of program because this is a Canadian right. I would like to ask the Minister if there is a program within Social Services to encourage chronic social assistance recipients to find other means of income or other means of independent living? Is there a problem within the department in doing that?
James Arvaluk on Bill 17: Appropriation Act, No. 2, 1993-94
In the Legislative Assembly on March 18th, 1993. See this statement in context.
Bill 17: Appropriation Act, No. 2, 1993-94
Item 18: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
March 17th, 1993
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James Arvaluk Aivilik
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