Thank you, Mr. Speaker. My question is for the Minister responsible for Education, Culture and Employment, the Honourable Jake Ootes. Mr. Speaker, on Friday, I shared a very disturbing situation which happened to one of my constituents. Although she is diagnosed with a life threatening illness and has been told she needs chemotherapy, she could not afford to begin her treatments in Yellowknife. She needed funds to get accommodations in Yellowknife, but the income support workers clawed the money back all because of the IBA payments, knowing full well that this woman needed medical treatment. They did this because they were following policy.
Our mandate is to serve the people we represent. It seems to me that as a government, we are not being very effective. My question for the Minister is what communications exist between income support and the health department to ensure that clients receive the help they need when a situation becomes a medical concern over a financial one? Thank you, Mr. Speaker.