Mr. Speaker, there's a lot of good news for United Way today. Obviously, the announcement has gone out from the federal government that they'll be watching donations. We're likely looking at over a million dollars going into the United Way all in the space of less than a month. That is fantastic news. So folks are aware. The United Way works with communities, community governments, local organizations, non-profit organizations, and then disburses funds to them. So two parts to my message is, number one, if you have a cost and expense and need a concern, that you need some supports with, to reach out to your local organizations because they can work with the United Way to access those funds. But then, Mr. Speaker, since almost the beginning of when the GNWT matched donations, we realized that that's a large influx of money going in. We immediately started to look at what we could do to help support the United Way. They do have some part-time staff I understand, but this is a lot of money and it's coming very quickly. So we are -- my understanding is that we have now been in touch with their staff, been in touch with their board. Their board chair is on the way back from being out of town, and we'll be working with them to ensure that whatever capacity they need, so letting them be the ones, the drivers of deciding what they need, but that we will be able to support them, whether that's with some staffing or some other mechanism to help them get the money out the door. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
Caroline Wawzonek on Question 1563-19(2): Evacuee Compensation
In the Legislative Assembly on June 2nd, 2023. See this statement in context.
Question 1563-19(2): Evacuee Compensation
Oral Questions
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