Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, our program here in the Northwest Territories is substantially different than any other jurisdiction across the country and that is we profile some of the money that comes in and we put it into two programs, one is called the Healthy Children's Initiative and the other one is the NWT Child Benefit Program that provides a worker's supplement to help people's transition from income support into the workforce, Mr. Speaker. We would have a detrimental situation on our hands if we changed this particular program because we would have to eliminate the Healthy Children's Initiative, which has programs in most of the communities around the North, plus the transition program for people to go from income support into the workforce would be adversely affected as well, Mr. Speaker.

While I appreciate the concern, and it is complex, that is the problem with a program of this nature and I appreciate the Member's concern with this and that people are no doubt asking about this as to why we do this, but it has a tremendous complexity to it. Over the years we have designed this program in certain ways to help encourage our people to move into educational programs or into work situations and that is what this re-profiling allows, Mr. Speaker. Thank you.