Thank you. So when the money goes into the pot, that's the money we have. So it doesn't matter where it comes from. If it's from a carbon tax, if it's from, you know, permit fees or anything like that. So we look at what we have and what we can do with it. I have not instructed the department to spend their energy working on guaranteed basic income given that we are expending a lot of energy working on the income assistance program changes. I did try to take the approach of lessening the -- reducing the number of times that an individual might be cut off from income assistance. You know, as MLAs, I'm sure you all hear from your constituents that perhaps they got some money in and then they got cut from income assistance. They got fired from their job and they got cut off from income assistance for 60 or 90 days, or. These things happen, so. We have eliminated a number of those instances so there will be much more consistency for individuals who are receiving income assistance. There -- and a project such as basic income was not one of the priorities of this Assembly and because of that we have not pursued it. Thank you.
R.J. Simpson on Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
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