Marco Mendicino, federal Minister of Public Safety, and NWT MP Michael McLeod were at GlenSA国际影视传媒檚 Your Independent Grocer on Thursday morning.

Among shoppers, they talked about the federal governmentSA国际影视传媒檚 budget for 2023, not too dissimilar from minister Dan VandalSA国际影视传媒檚 stop in the capital on March 30.

They were there to highlight the new grocery rebate for low to modest income Canadians, which offers $467 for eligible couples with children, $234 for single people without children, and $225 for seniors, on average.

SA国际影视传媒淲eSA国际影视传媒檙e here to talk about Budget 2023, which is all about helping Canadians pay the bills.SA国际影视传媒� said Mendicino.

Mendicino said that one of their other priorities is creating jobs in the North.

SA国际影视传媒淭he way in which we are doing that is by leveraging natural resources and energy in the North with a lot of commitment to long-term projects around critical minerals and the like,SA国际影视传媒� he said. SA国际影视传媒�(That) is exactly how weSA国际影视传媒檙e going to create more jobs but (weSA国际影视传媒檙e doing) it in a way that is sustainable and clean to promote a prosperous future that is respectful of our climate.SA国际影视传媒�

Yellowknifer asked Mendicino if he was aware of the elimination of the home heating rebate in the NWT and how Northern communities were being affected by increased costs of living.

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SA国际影视传媒淚tSA国际影视传媒檚 important that we leverage all of the economic advantages that exist in the North through natural resources, through critical minerals, through energy, (and) also create the kind of policies that will take the decisive action that is necessary to protect our environment for the long term.SA国际影视传媒�

Mendicino said that he plans to speak with the Dene Nation and will be visiting Behchoko before returning south.

The federal government plans has budgeted a total of $2.5 billion on the grocery rebate.