Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Also in keeping with the comment that I made in my Member's statement, I was quite shocked and appalled to have learned from income support clients who had received gifts of cash to buy gifts for their children over the Christmas holidays, that when they deposit that in their account and their bank statement is provided to the income support worker, that that was in fact also treated as income and clawed back. I just want to get it on the record from the Minister, is a cash gift at Christmas considered income to a low-income family for the purposes of assessing income support payments? Thank you.
Jane Groenewegen on Question 14-15(2): Training Required For Income Support Workers
In the Legislative Assembly on January 21st, 2004. See this statement in context.
Supplementary To Question 14-15(2): Training Required For Income Support Workers
Question 14-15(2): Training Required For Income Support Workers
Item 6: Oral Questions
January 20th, 2004
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