Thank you, Mr. Chair. And I know that ECE, we are not part of this mandate commitment, but humbly, I think that ECE does more for food security than anyone through the income assistance program. We ensure that people can have food on their plates.
To answer the Member's specific questions, inflation, cost of living increases, are not automatically included in income assistance year after year. That is an initiative that the department has to go and seek funding for. It is not something that is done automatically. I don't believe that it's done automatically for most of our programs. But as with most things in the department, it is under review and we are looking at the funding that we provide, and we are looking at the new market baskin measure proposed for the North and perhaps tying it to those numbers that are being used by the federal government. So there are options, and we are looking to address the issues raised by the Member, but not today. They're not happening today. Thank you.