Jane Weyallon Armstrong

Thank you. Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I would like to go back to the first questions for Minister of ECE. I sent her an email earlier today so hopefully from there will consider changing a policy. But I don't feel like she answered the questions so I'm going to ask her the same questions but differently.

Mr. Speaker, what if a family has double or more the number of children than calculated in the Northern Market Basket Measure? How does the Minister consider the cost for more children in the family than are measured under the Northern Market Basket Measure? Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. For applicants that are denied support, can the Minister explain the appeal process? Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, on August 8, 2023, the Government of the Northwest Territories announced improvements to income assistance program for seniors with disability. The GNWT provides benefits aligned with the Northern Market Basket Measure. So I just want to ask the Minister how does income assistance recognize the higher cost of living for families with more than two children? Thank you.

Thank you. Thank you, Mr. Chair. I know lately we've been hearing lots from small communities. We know there's lots of addictions and lots of crime happening in many of the small communities. And I know that a lot of these communities do not have a detachment. Even in my region, Gameti and Wekweeti, they really need they want a detachment, and they've been talking about it for quite some time. I just want to know how did these community get got selected for to have nine positions allocated? Thank you, Mr. Chair.

I know this is a fourth supplementary. We're still doing budget, you know. So I just wanted to ask the Minister can the Minister give us a rough estimate of how much money was spent to forest fire and to evacuation? It must be over $300 million, or close to $400 million? That's the question. Give us a rough estimate. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I will do that.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Can the Minister commit to reviewing the rejections from income assistance for seniors with disabilities? Thank you.

Thank you. Thank you, Mr. Speaker. What supports are provided to assist people with disabilities to complete the application to income assistance? Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. What can a public housing tenant do to avoid an eviction?

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I think I got one of my answers from my previous questions in there, so thank you. Thank you for that. Are evictions handled differently by Housing NWT compared to a private landlord? Thank you.