Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I think it was about two weeks ago I had an opportunity to attend the federal-provincial-territorial meeting with the Minister that the Member opposite is referring to, and we did have an opportunity to discuss the work that the federal government is doing on a federal anti-poverty initiative. They're currently out doing a number of stakeholder engagements across the country.

At that meeting, we had an opportunity to talk about what's happening in every jurisdiction, and I clearly outlined the work that's been done around anti-poverty work here in the Northwest Territories and our desire to do more. We shared with them the different action plans prepared over the years, both the territorial action plan as well as the government's action plan, and I strongly encouraged the Minister and his staff to engage front-line people, people who have actually lived in poverty, rather than just relying on input from NGOs. So we shared our information. We've getting them as much information as we can. We're looking forward to seeing what they come forward.

At this point, there has been no indication that the federal government is going to put any money into this anti-poverty plan, but they do have some levers that we know they can use, whether it's taxes or other mechanisms, that we hope will be able to support residents across Canada who are struggling with poverty, but also in the Northwest Territories.

As for all FPTs that we attend, we try to encourage understanding of the realities of living in small rural and remote communities in the North and how that might be different than somebody who is living in poverty in Toronto. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.