Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, the National Child Benefit Supplement has three purposes to it, as posed by the federal government. One is to create attachment to the workforce, another is to reduce child poverty, and the third is to reduce overlap and duplication of programs and services. I can tell the Member that I was at the table when this was initially set up and that one of the biggest concerns from the federal representatives there was in fact making sure that the program was aimed at people who are working and to ensure that there was an attachment to the workforce. The way that this was approached when we set it up was that around the table there was general agreement that while that would be the main target, that nobody who was collecting income support would be in any way worsened in their condition by the implementation of the national child benefit. That was one of the basic tenants of the way that the program was set up, and it was in fact accomplished by the way that we've done it in the Northwest Territories. So nobody is getting any less than they were before the NCBS came into place. Those who are working get the territorial worker's supplement, a cash payment to families which is funded by some of the money that is paid to northerners through the NCBS.
We have a situation now where we have two programs that are funded by the monies that are over and above what people were getting on income support. As the Member pointed out, I had a very strong argument put to me by the social agencies in town that we should make the change. I haven't been able to find a way to fund those two programs and still accommodate that. So at this point, we haven't made any change to the program.