Mr. Speaker, we review the cost of living on a regular basis. We have a food basket that we calculate the costing, and the income assistance rates are adjusted accordingly. We’ve also done a lot of work on the housing costs so that with the rental scale adjustments and so on, it’s tied to the income that a family brings in. We adjusted our housing rental scale so that no matter how or what situation you are in, if you go to work you are always in a better situation than if you are not working at all. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
Bob McLeod on Question 99-17(4): Addressing The High Cost Of Living In Small Communities
In the Legislative Assembly on February 19th, 2013. See this statement in context.
Question 99-17(4): Addressing The High Cost Of Living In Small Communities
Oral Questions
February 18th, 2013
Yellowknife South
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