Thank you. And so that's what this is intended for, to meet people's basic needs. So the very bare minimum. No one is getting rich or no one is even saving money on income assistance. But it's a legislated program so it means if someone applies for it and we've already maxed out our budget, we don't say no to them. We say okay, you qualify, you know, according to the legislation. And then we come back later in the year for a supplementary estimate, as happens almost every single year. And so as a result, there was an increase in 2021 I believe, so just this current fiscal year, of $4 million to the program because it was consistently overspent. And over, you know, the last number of years, this program -- the money that's spent on this program has grown quite substantially, and I -- you know, if you look back at the numbers from ten years ago, we are -- I can't recall -- for $10 or $15 million more than that, it's been a significant amount of money we've invested in this program, and it just keeps growing. Thank you.
R.J. Simpson on Consideration Of Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
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Consideration Of Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
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