Mr. Speaker, I wish I had a clear, concise answer for that question. I don't. I can't say that child poverty exists because of one specific reason. There are a whole range of reasons that there is child poverty. We have, as a government, put a significant amount of money, as the Member noted in his statement, into programs over the last few years and I guess we must be just having trouble keeping up with the growth and the cost of living in an overheated economy. Because one would expect with the kind of investment that we've made with our small population, that more of a difference should have been seen. This government is struggling to find more money to put into social programs. One of the areas that we're hoping to be able to tap into is resource revenue sharing. If we're successful at seeing more money, then we're going to have those resources available to put into these important social programs. Thank you.
Charles Dent on Question 577-15(3): Child Poverty In The Nwt
In the Legislative Assembly on March 9th, 2005. See this statement in context.
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Question 577-15(3): Child Poverty In The Nwt
Item 6: Oral Questions
March 8th, 2005
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