Thank you, Mr. Chairman. On the concerns that Mr. Ningark brought on the rates that are deducted from social assistance recipients whenever they earn a little bit of money, we are planning to increase the allowable rates for earnings for recipients and, hopefully, by the summer, we will be able to implement them. The present rate for a single person is $50.00, and we are planning to increase that to $95.00. For the family, today's rate is $100.00, and we are proposing $190.00. I do realize that, in some cases, this can be a disincentive to some individuals to look for employment. I believe that is one area that we are planning to tackle with the income support program for those who want to be productive in the community. They will receive income for work performed.
On your second concern on the rates for the four communities in your region that I reinstated, after reductions were made, I think I have made a commitment that our department will do a detailed survey on each community. Our increases were based on the survey done by the Statistics Bureau, so the rates we used were not carried out by our department. Thank you.