Mahsi, Mr. Chair. Over the years we’ve been working with the federal government on having an identified Older Workers funding program. We just signed off an agreement with the federal government just recently in April 2014 for a three-year agreement. It is being spread out to the communities and it is those individuals who are 50-plus years of age, 55 years of age and older that can access this funding. So far we’ve implemented nine of the NWT communities as a start, Tuktoyaktuk, Fort McPherson, Inuvik, Aklavik, Ulukhaktok, Deline, Hay River, Fort Smith and Behchoko. I will just remind you that this is just the beginning and we want to spread out to other communities such as the Sahtu region, the Deh Cho and others. We will be exploring those areas. This is the money that’s from the federal government and we want to take full advantage of it to be spread out to all 33 communities as best as we can.
Jackson Lafferty on Consideration in Committee of the Whole of Bills and Other Matters
In the Legislative Assembly on March 6th, 2015. 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
March 5th, 2015
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