Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I think that I personally agree with the Minister that we want to make sure the people who work are not penalized for going to work, so that is an important issue. I think we also want to make sure that people are not deprived of being successful in a productive choice because they or their kids are hungry. I think we have to be careful and walk a very fine line here.

Perhaps one of the areas we need to examine is the sharp cutoff. I know we are allowing up to $400 per month for earned income to be kept without it affecting the amount of income support, but perhaps there needs to be a sliding scale. Perhaps we need to find some way to continue past that $400 per month to encourage people to enter the wage economy.

If we are now concerned about the benefits, look at providing them on a sliding scale so we can make sure people have adequate nutrition, yet we are still finding a way to encourage their entry into the wage economy.

Mr. Chairman, I also wonder if we could get some details on the changes that are proposed to the seniors' home heating subsidy. The Minister says there is $100,000 there, but what is that going to mean to seniors across the Northwest Territories?