Thank you, Mr. Chair. I’d like to respond to the Member in saying that the number of changes within the Income Security Program are meant to exactly address the ability of clients and recipients to purchase a healthy, nutritious food basket based on a market basket rate. If I can just explain that, that’s about the true cost of buying a healthy, nutritious, full basket of goods and food for a family in any community. What you see in this budget here is a proposal to increase the food allowance, the clothing allowance and the incidental allowance across the NWT to bring that rate up to the true cost of those goods and services.
Mr. Heide 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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