Jane Weyallon Armstrong

Thank you. Thank you, Mr. Speaker. It is yes, it's regarding I know the extended health benefit, there are some some of my constituents, they're going to benefit from this. So it's good that it's there. But I'm going to speak to medical travel benefits.

I do sympathize with the Dehcho because that person, he worked many years, over 20 years, and paid his tax. I don't know him personally but there's a lot of people that know him in Tlicho region. And he paid his tax. He paid income tax, territorial tax. And yet we cannot provide a medical travel assistance to come home.

My constituent went...

Thank you. Okay, this one is for the residential care. Okay, the budget is good for the 20242025. I've been talking to some family members and I have I didn't talk to the people in care, but I've been talking to some family where it is hard for them especially, it is okay to visit the family that are in care, and I know there are some family that were very advocate, they really advocated for the family members that are in care so I know that they brought them back. They brought them back up North. They're in our regions in care. By there are some that are in group home. Family there wants...

Thank you, Mr. Chair. With reference to addiction treatment facility, there's a major difference within the budget. From 20232024, there's reductions for this fiscal year. Can the Minister explain to us why there is a reduction within current the fiscal year or for the upcoming fiscal year 20242025? Thank you.

Thank you. Thank you, Mr. Speaker. This is also continuing with my questions for ECE Minister.

For income assistance clients that want to go back to school, this is what we heard from many of our constituents or from the small communities due to lack of housing, wants to go back to school and complete their education, can the Minister work with the Minister of housing to ensure that these students have their home to return to after studies? Thank you.

Thank you. What is the length of time the average person is an income support client? Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, this is for the ECE Minister. Does the Minister track the outcomes of income assistance clients other time? Thank you.

Mr. Speaker, your Standing Committee on Social Development is pleased to provide its Report on Bill 2, Missing Persons Act and commends it to the House.

Mr. Speaker, report on Bill 2, Missing Persons Act.

Thank you to the families of missing people that spoke courageously on their thoughts and experiences with the Standing Committee on Social Development. Committee's thoughts are with the family and friends who have experienced the disappearance of a loved one.

Committee acknowledges that subject material related to Bill 2 is very challenging for many families across the Northwest Territories...

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Getting back people to work and off income support assistance.

Mr. Speaker, I care for and am concerned for the future generations. I am concerned that we are losing the resilience that our ancestors survived for generations on. Life is different now than 50 years ago.

Mr. Speaker, income support was created as a temporary solution, a band aid solution, to give people assistance for a short period of time. But, unfortunately, what it has become is a system that people get on and do not get off of the income assistance. For some young people, some young adults, it has...

Okay, thank you. I know that we're going to be talking about it, you know, as long as we're here because it is an important issue. So I just there's another issue that I had is that lately I know in small communities people are having you know, that need medical travel or that are travelling on medical travel to the south, we've been having issues where people are having a hard time trying to find a medical escort that require medical escort. And I know a lot of them are saying due to high cost of living, I can't leave my work long. Like, they will be granted some leave but not for two or...

Thank you. I know it is complex, but there are some that can be brought back to the North. And I only if you if the department's talking to some of the families, I'm sure. Because there are some that are there without no families. We know that. And the power of attorney, and they don't know who is the power of attorney. And I know that from talking to some of the people here who have loved ones over there, they said they only find out after the fact that their loved ones was in the hospital like, you know, and because they don't have anybody. There's no family anymore or not like, not that...