Jackie Jacobson

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Today, Mr. Speaker, the Premier brought up COVID19 lessons learned. Mr. Speaker, with the CERB payments that were all given out, all the with the CERB, the Canada Canada Recovery Caregiver monies that were given to the communities and to the people across the territory given by the federal government at that time, would the Minister would the Premier be will be able to talk, I guess, to the prime minister in regards to waiving those fees for the people in the Northwest Territories to see if we could give them a little give them a chance. People are suffering right...

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, you know, I think this Minister has the authority to do that. Like I said, CERB payment was given by the government so easily at that time making themselves look good. Now they're doing clawbacks, we're doing the federal government's dirty work by taking CERB payments, Canada recovery, taking it all back. People with nothing that have nothing in their fridges, elders got no food. What's happening? This government, no empathy on this side? This government has to take a step. Our Premier said take a step back, let's help the people. Let the Minister make the...

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Today I brought up the recovery of households getting income assistance frozen across the North and especially my riding who people who need it most, Mr. Speaker. Can the Minister tell me how many residents are having income assistance file reviewed or files frozen? Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. You know I'm dead set against Bill 60. Cost of living in my riding. The heating fuel and gas over the last year, diesel and gasoline have gone up in Nunakput. Our heating fuel has gone up 25 percent. Our automotive diesel, 24 percent. Gasoline an average 12 percent. Food prices. The price of food going up, we can't afford to buy food in my riding with the monies that we get from getting help. Nunakput communities are the highest food price index in the Northwest Territories. Over 50 percent of families in Nunakput are worried about having enough money for food. Almost...

Thank you, Madam Chair. Just a brief yeah, it's really good to hear that if something like this gets through, we tend to just not to do anything for the men and our young men that do need help in our communities for support, and I'm really happy, thankful for the Members that brought this forward. And I am in full support. Thank you.

Thank you, Madam Chair. No, just a highlight on what Ms. Jane Weyallon Armstrong was saying. We're having the same issues in my riding. A lot of, like, couch surfing, people struggling, and, again, it's the the weather's not forgiving. It's cold where I'm from in regards to shortage of houses, shortage of everything, people family taking care of family. You know, some units, 10 to 15 people, fivebedroom units. It's this is not a joke. We have to sort we have to try to fix this issue. You know, it's not only the government. But, you know, it's our own land claim group too. We have...

Thank you, Madam Chair. No, I just want to also thank the coroner for bringing this report forward. And I really we've been hit hard in my communities that I represent with suicide, and it's still a lot of attempts are going on and any help that we could get from our government which we were really lucky that we worked with our Minister to get that done. I still thank her for today in regards to that, for all the help that she's done for my riding when this was happening. And I know my leadership all back home are thankful for that too. This is a really touchy subject, you know, since...

In regards to what's happening up here, in regards to letting him know how our liberal government's shortchanging our their own people. We're being penalized because where we live. High cost of living, all the stresses put on the family on trying to make ends meet, and it's not working anymore. Before they did. Income support gives enough for the first two weeks. It used to be three weeks now it's down to two, Mr. Speaker. You know it as well as I do. We all do in our small communities. People need help. I need my Premier to tell Minister Vandal, you know, to stop this recovery in regards to...

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. You know, Mr. Speaker, we're in a tough situation right now across our territory. We got people going without. Our government could make a difference today. Our Premier could make a difference today and stand up for our people and stop penalizing them with a stroke of a pen.

Would the Minister or the Premier of the Northwest Territories stop recovering for CERB, recovery from Canada Recovery Caregiving monies that was given. And the people that took it just called in. They weren't given a T4 or given a receipt upon, and they did not some of them people that did not...

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, our Premier said it best before, lessons learned, take a step back. All this money that was given by the federal government, we should take a more lenient approach and put it all under from your T4, for your CERB payment, for your Canada revenue payment plan, should be all exempt from people. Our government, there's no jobs. There's nothing going on in the Beaufort Delta and in my riding. There's no jobs to be had. We live they have no choice but to go get income support. This Minister has the authority. Our Premier has the authority to take this off, Mr...