Jane Weyallon Armstrong

Okay. Sometimes the fund allocated, it's not enough. We know that, you know. It's not enough. So the formula, he didn't say anything but I mean, he said the formula that they had. Is it based on population and/or the infrastructure? Because when you look at it in small communities, there's not too many infrastructures in the small communities. We may have a lot of people, but -- you know. So we are going to be at disadvantage with infrastructures. I don't know how -- I don't know what formula that he's talking about. But it would be nice if we can see that formula or, you know -- or give us a...

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Breaking the cycle of dependency on income assistance. Today I want to talk about a troubling issue facing many residents in our communities, the unintended consequences of the GNWT income assistance program.

Mr. Speaker, the reality is that income assistance, while essential for many, can sometimes lead to unintended dependence rather than encouraging self-sufficiency. While many individuals in these situations are eager to improve their circumstances, the current system often creates barriers to progress. When someone takes steps towards employment or education, they...

Okay, can we go back to page 74?

Yeah, well, that's good. Then maybe we can identify and include woodland caribou in there as well. Thank you.

Well, I am surprised because, you know, since forest fire 2023 and with the climate change -- hot, dry summer -- that, you know, even my colleague said that it's within the data. It should have been a warning sign for the department and yet we didn't do enough to allocate funds in the forest fire management because we're -- it's money that's already spent.

I know this goes back to forest fire management policy, and we've said it many times -- I've said it many times too before, that, you know, if we had put out the fire -- not just me, but there's a lot of other people are saying, you know...

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Some of the arrears are from old housing policy. Mr. Speaker, how does the GNWT ensure that the current rate calculation formula based on household income over age 19 fairly reflects the financial realities of seniors, many of whom live on fixed incomes and face rising costs for essentials? Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, your committee would like to report on its consideration of Bill 27, An Act to Amend the Protection Against Family Violence Act.

Bill 27 received second reading in the Legislative Assembly on May 28th, 2025 and was referred to the Standing Committee on Social Development for review.

The standing committee held a clause-by-clause review of the bill on October 20th, 2025 with the Minister of Justice. The committee moved to amend five clauses in Bill 27 at the clause-by-clause review. The Minister of Justice concurred with all five motions.

Mr. Speaker, the...

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, your committee would like to report on its consideration of Bill 23, An Act to Amend the Children's Law Act.

Bill 23 received second reading in the Legislative Assembly on March 13th, 2025 and was referred to the Standing Committee on Social Development for review.

The standing committee held a clause-by-clause review of the bill on October 20th, 2025, with the Minister of Justice. The committee moved to amend four clauses in Bill 23 at the clause-by-clause review. The Minister of Justice concurred with all four motions.

Mr. Speaker, the committee reports that...

Mr. Speaker, [Translation] I am going to be talking about, what I'll be talking about is I'll be talking about the elders that are living.  This is not my words, the words of the elders that I'm raising here.  A lot of them are in the past, in the past.  A lot of our elders always talk, some day, some day -- so someday the young people will become elders but still some different times, it is up to, it is up to us to make sure that you work very well, work very well with the people because we don't know what the future holds for us. 

As of today, there are not that many elders like us there once...

Thank you. Thank you. Well, you know, the $13 million that you're talking about, okay, how many of those are elders? And there's a lot of old houses. You know, there's a lot of people that are living in these units, and they are paying for old house from 1970s. A lot of my community members are complaining, saying -- they're paying, like, $1,500 for a house from -- it's a total write-off. And some of the elders, I have senior citizens living in a market rental unit. I mean, my goodness. You know, like, I mean, don't lecture us about that. I don't know why if -- if GNWT is not going to do...