When we look at the Income Assistance Program, the benefit levels are determined on a few factors in partnership with the NWT Bureau of Statistics, using information from the Northern Market Basket Measure, the NWT Community Price Survey, and the living cost differential. These are measures of costs of living in the Northwest Territories. We also use the Consumer Price Index, the Food Price Index, and the low-income measure scale, which are nationally recognized models for determining income assistance rates. Those are what we are using for each of the communities in the NWT.
Alfred Moses on Question 596-18(2): Income Assistance Food Rate Calculations
In the Legislative Assembly on February 17th, 2017. See this statement in context.
Question 596-18(2): Income Assistance Food Rate Calculations
Oral Questions
February 16th, 2017
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