I didn’t really hear an answer to my
question as to why you have to be out of school for a year. I can apprecia
te you don’t want people
double-dipping and getting student financial assistance from a province and also a territory, but I don’t understand why we can’t monitor that and allow students to go from a school in Alberta to school in the NWT from one school year to the next.
The second question I would like to ask the Minister with regard to the residency is we have determined that someone must be in the NWT for 12 months before they are eligible for student financial assistance. It doesn’t seem to matter where you were born, where you grew up, how long you’ve been out of the territory.
I’d like to ask the Minister what the rationale is for 12 months in the NWT before you can establish residency. Thank you.