Thank you, Mr. Speaker. My written question is for the Acting Minister of Education, Culture and Employment. It concerns the Income Support Program. My questions are:
- • For the Minister to review the practice of other jurisdictions regarding the clawback of child maintenance payments with a view to ending or reducing this clawback in the Northwest Territories;
- • For the Minister to review how income tax refunds are included in income support calculations with the view to lessening the hardship this creates; and
- • Finally, for the Minister to look at child care costs as allowable expenses for income support clients. These payments may be offset against income for the purpose of income support calculations. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.