Thank you, Mr. Speaker. My questions this afternoon are for the Minister for Education, Culture and Employment, and I would like to refer to some of the points that were made in his Minister's statement earlier today. First of all, Mr. Speaker, I think we should congratulate Mr. Ootes. He has told us that the NWT has the lowest unemployment rate in Canada and we should all be pleased with that. We have all put a lot of effort into it.
On the other hand, I have to express some sympathy for the Minister, because as we see, it has been emphasized in a headline in today's Yellowknifer, Mr. Speaker, we have a scandalous situation with a 46.5 percentage of children using food banks. That is the second highest in Canada.
Mr. Speaker, given the scandalous increase in children in the NWT using food banks, will the Minister of Education, Culture and Employment consider an immediate boost to the food allowance for income support clients? Thank you.