Thank you very much, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, as Cabinet, the financial management board, we looked at all programs from -- well, not all, sorry -- most programs from our departments that were not legislated or afforded through federal funding, and we evaluated what we could redirect for -- because we have a lot of spending happening in our health program, and we know from Members on the floor of this House, and even from our own constituencies, that health care is very important to residents of the Northwest Territories, and we desperately wanted to see more funding redirected to that sector. So we went through different funds, and we evaluated different programs within our departments and found that the reason that this program was instituted within Education, Culture and Employment was to try and encourage more graduates to return to the NWT, and it was not increasing the number of graduates that were returning to the Northwest Territories. Thank you.
Caitlin Cleveland on Question 506-20(1): Discontinuation of Northern Bonus for Student Financial Assistance
In the Legislative Assembly on February 12th, 2025. See this statement in context.
Question 506-20(1): Discontinuation of Northern Bonus for Student Financial Assistance
Oral Questions
February 12th, 2025
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