Thanks to the acting DM for that. I will look forward to reading that report. My last question has to do with indications in the budget that we’re getting an increasing number of applications for income support. It’s a trend that has been happening over the last several years and there are a number of reasons, I’m sure, why that’s happening. I’m not so concerned with the reasons because I believe they’re all valid, but I am concerned with whether or not the department has a strategy to deal with the fact that we have more and more people who seem to be needing income support and are asking us for income support. This is a huge dollar item in our budget. If we lived in a perfect world, nobody would be on income support and we wouldn’t have to spend that money. I would like to know if the department has a strategy or has any kind of a plan to try and reduce the amount of money we spend on income support by reducing the number of people who need to access it.
Wendy Bisaro on Committee Motion 2-17(3): Deferral Of Consideration Of Estimates For Education And Culture, Carried
In the Legislative Assembly on May 30th, 2012. See this statement in context.
Committee Motion 2-17(3): Deferral Of Consideration Of Estimates For Education And Culture, Carried
Consideration in Committee of the Whole of Bills and Other Matters
May 29th, 2012
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