Thanks, Madam Chair. The GNWT’s response to the Anti-Poverty Framework is what is before us today and we have a response based on activities that we can do that fall under our mandate to combat poverty here in the Northwest Territories. So, things related to Health and Social Services, Education, Culture and Employment, Housing and the other departments that are participating. The next step is to develop the territorial action plan where all partners will identify the types of things they’re going to be doing to combat poverty. To support the work that other organizations and governments are doing, we do have the $500,000 available for them to utilize and hopefully to leverage for additional funds from other groups to help combat poverty in the Northwest Territories. In that we are going to see a territorial action plan and our GNWT action plan will certainly form a part of that. If there are requests for additional money or if there are requests for additional action within the territorial action plan, we will certainly bring those through the business planning process to make sure that those that we can support, we do and those that we can’t, we don’t.
Glen Abernethy on Consideration in Committee of the Whole of Bills and Other Matters
In the Legislative Assembly on February 21st, 2014. See this statement in context.
Consideration in Committee of the Whole of Bills and Other Matters
Consideration in Committee of the Whole of Bills and Other Matters
February 20th, 2014
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