Thank you, Mr. Chair. My questions are in regards to the budget changes. The Minister had made some -- an amazing announcement under income assistance program to make those changes. And I think a lot of those changes came from a lot of the complaining that Regular Members have had and the review that they did. So I want to, like, thank the Minister for making those changes because I know it's going to affect a lot of the people. But I'm just wondering how those changes -- and I see that there's an increase in that program about five -- just over $5 million. And how is this being communicated out to the public? Because, I mean, if it's starting April 1st and then all these changes, like, you know, we have a lot of people out there that don't even know about this and I know that they'll be going in through the program. But we also have people that don't know and might seem not wanting to use these programs just because of stigma and things like that. But we've kind of made this our living wage not -- it's not a living wage, but it's to help the people get the basic needs that they need. And so if they're working minimal wage jobs and they need those top-ups, this is where they can get those assistance. And I think the Minister made a lot of announcements and I just want to hear a little bit more and, like I said, congratulate the department on the work that they've done here. Thank you.
Lesa Semmler on Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
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