Mr. Speaker, the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms guarantees people's mobility rights across the country. I think we should be keeping the spirit of that in mind when designing programs. I recently heard from a constituent who has been caught in the bureaucratic nightmare with student financial assistance. He had been working here for five years, so he's no longer eligible for assistance from the Province of New Brunswick where he lived previously. The best the GNWT is prepared to offer him is repayable loans. My question to the Minister of Education, Culture and Employment is, can he explain why, when we are short of skilled workers in the Northwest Territories, the GNWT has nothing to offer other than repayable loans to someone who has already lived here for five years and wants to finish his education, so he can pursue his teaching career in the Northwest Territories? Thank you.
Norman Yakeleya on Question 134-15(4): Student Financial Assistance Program
In the Legislative Assembly on October 17th, 2005. See this statement in context.
Question 134-15(4): Student Financial Assistance Program
Item 6: Oral Questions
October 16th, 2005
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