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Updated March 11, 2007
Page révisée le 11 mars 2007


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Nunavut Budget 2007-08
March 7, 2007
- incl. Budget Address - Budget Highlights - Budget Backgrounder : Accural Base Budgeting - Fiscal and Economic Outlook - Strengthening Financial Management in the Government of Nunavut
Source:
Nunavut Department of Finance

- Go to the Canadian Government Budgets Links page: http://www.canadiansocialresearch.net/budgets.htm

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Hotlinks
The links below will take you directly to the following
Nunavut government and non-governmental web pages:

Government of Nunavut
Government of Nunavut Departments

Department of Education
Department of Finance
Department of Health and Social Services

Nunatsiaq News

 

Key welfare links

Department responsible for welfare
Education

Name of the welfare program
Income Support Program

Legislation
Social Assistance Act
- Nunavut Social Assistance Regulations

Policy Manual
- Income Support Program Policies and Guidelines (PDF file - 485K, 55 pages)
August 2005

Welfare statistics
(no welfare stats)
See also:
Number of People on Welfare, March 1995 to March 2005 (PDF file - 133K, 1 page)
Source: National Council of Welfare

Welfare rates (benefits)
- "Schedule A" of the Regulations (see above) contains social assistance benefit levels

Latest search results on Google.ca for
"welfare, -child, -animal, Nunavut"

- Web search results
- News search results
- Blog search results

Related Links

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For more information about welfare in other Canadian jurisdictions,
see the
Canadian Social Research Links Key Provincial/Territorial Welfare Links page

Government of Nunavut - Home Page

Statutes and Regulations of Nunavut

Nunavut Budget Address 2006-07 - February 22
- incl. links to Budget papers

Google.ca News Search Results : "Nunavut Budget 2006"
Google.ca Web Search Results : "Nunavut Budget 2006"
Source:
Google.ca

More Canadian Government Budget Information:
- Go to the Canadian Government Budgets Links page: http://www.canadiansocialresearch.net/budgets.htm

Finance ministers renew Canada/Nunavut formula financing agreement
March 8, 2001
Backgrounder - Formula Financing Grant
"...more than 90 per cent of Nunavut's total revenues come from federal transfers - more than 80 per cent come through the formula financing grant."

Government of Nunavut Departments

Nunavut Statistics Home Page


Department of Education - responsible for income support in Nunavut

Welfare Policy Manual
- Income Support Program Policies and Guidelines (PDF file - 485K, 55 pages)
August 2005


Legislation
Social Assistance Act
- Nunavut Social Assistance Regulations

Income Support Policy Review
"The Bathurst Mandate calls for a review of the Income Support program within five years. In meeting this, the Minister of Education, in early 2000, appointed an Income Support Policy Review Panel to undertake public discussions with citizens across the territory."
- Brief description of the context of the review, along with links to the Panel's report and the Department (of Education) response, in Inuktitut, English and French.

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Exemptions for working income support clients increased starting July 1, 2002
News Release
[NOTE: this release is not yet available on the Nunavut Department of Education website; I received it via the Government of Nunavut e-mail notification service.]

"IQALUIT, Nunavut (June 26, 2002) - Education Minister Peter Kilabuk today announced the government has increased the exemption level for the amount of money that can be earned before there are deductions from income support. Effective July 1, 2002, the earned income exemption for working families on income support increases to $400 per month and
for single people to $200. The old rates were $300 for families and $150 for individuals.
'In response to the community consultations we conducted on the income support program, we felt that the exemption levels did not reflect the needs in Nunavut,'said Minister Kilabuk. The new exemption levels will continue to encourage people on income support to seek and keep jobs.
'These increases are a part of the work we are undertaking in reshaping the income support program to meet the needs and concerns of Nunavummiut,' said Minister Kilabuk. Other improvements include a greater focus on training opportunities for income support recipients and transition benefits for those returning to work."

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A New Vision, A New Direction (PDF file - 140K, 36 pages)
Report Prepared by the Department of Education
Departmental response to the report of the Income Support Policy Review Panel
November 22, 2001
This report contains a Proposed Plan of Action to deal with each of the 46 recommendations of the Income Support Policy Review.
"The Panel called for action in three broad areas: client services, program administration and community development. (...) The plan of action that follows addresses these concerns and proposes a 'made in Nunavut' solution that responds to the Income Support Review Panel’s forty-six recommendations and better meets the needs of clients, communities and the
Nunavut Government."


Department of Health and Social Services


Nunavut Tunngavik Inc. - NTI acts on behalf of Inuit beneficiaries, in ensuring that commitments made in the Nunavut Land Claims Agreement are carried out. NTI is also responsible for advancing and protecting Inuit interests in the creation of the Nunavut Territory.

Ed Picco, Minister of Health and Social Services - The web site of Nunavut's Minister of Health and Social Services and member of the legislative assembly for Iqaluit East.

Nunatsiaq News - A wealth of information

WORKink Nunavut - "The Virtual Employment Resource Centre"
Career and Employment Resources for Persons with Disabilities 
- Links to a wide range of information for people with disabilities and those who support them. 
Source:
Canadian Council on Rehabilitation and Work

 

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