There are five pillars that were utilized to help us address poverty in the Northwest Territories, and this is being used by our stakeholders as well, and that's the Children and Family Support, Healthy Living and Reaching our Potential, Safe Affordable Housing, Sustainable Communities and Integrated Continuum of Services. In this budget that is before us today, we are investing $750,000, new dollars, to provide services for homeless people in Yellowknife. There has been a commitment to fully fund junior kindergarten. There's $3 million to enhance small community employment support, which is something we've continuously heard from the Member opposite. There's $750,000 to extend the NWT Child Benefit, and there's $500,000 to provide a home repair program to low-income seniors. This is on top of the dollars that we're providing in housing programs that meet the pillars, some of our education dollars that are helping to address the pillars, as well as many of the other things we're doing in the government; these are new dollars.
Glen Abernethy on Question 594-18(2): Poverty Reduction Investments
In the Legislative Assembly on February 17th, 2017. See this statement in context.
Question 594-18(2): Poverty Reduction Investments
Oral Questions
February 16th, 2017
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