Julie Green

Thank you, Mr. Chair. Moving on to my next issue, it has to do with the Alberta Achievement Tests. Could the Minister talk about the progress being made to find a new student assessment tool and when that assessment tool will be in place? Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. I will just go back to the question I was asking when I ran out of time. The question is: is the Canada Child Benefit providing the same magnitude of benefit for people on income assistance as it is for people who are not? That would be, of course, proportionate to their income. It is an incomedriven benefit. Are they receiving the same magnitude of benefit when they are on income assistance as the people who are not on income assistance? Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. Mr. Chair, I guess we will see some change in this line item for education authority contributions to reflect those changes when they are made. What I notice now in the main estimates, page 35, education authority contributions, is that the $2 million that was announced in the budget is not here. Where would I find that money? Thank you.

Last December?

Mr. Chair, I am not sure that I understand that. So there were going to be increases, but in the end there were not increases, but there was a decrease because the food and clothing allowance was taken out. Is the deletion of the food and clothing allowance for children equal to the increase in the Canada Child Benefit? Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. I see my time is up, so I will go back on the list. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. Mr. Chair, on page 28 I see there is an item called "capital transfers" in the transfer payments, and this year it's worth $4,079,000; last year it was worth $100,000. I am wondering if the department could tell us about why it is almost $4 million more in the next fiscal year? Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. Could the Minister tell us what the RFP is for? Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. Could the Minister tell us when the program will next be reviewed for inflation? Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. This is supposed to be a benefit for teachers in lieu of a pay rise. How will teachers at the high school level be compensated for the hours that they are working, so many hours more than their colleagues who teach the younger grades? How will they be compensated? Thank you.