Caitlin Cleveland, the education minister of the Northwest Territories, stated that the public will learn how $30 million in new school funding will be allocated in June, after the next session of the Legislative Assembly. This funding is intended to cushion the impact of job losses among support workers, estimated to be between 250 and 350, due to changes in the Jordan’s Principle program, which previously provided nearly $60 million annually to schools in the territory. Cleveland noted that while the N.W.T. had seen a doubling of funding from Jordan’s Principle since 2018, the government did not have contingency plans for the loss of this funding. She called for a dedicated funding source from the federal government that addresses the unique needs of territories, rather than treating them like provinces. Additionally, there is potential for the Territorial Formula Financing, which is an annual block grant from Ottawa, to help mitigate the funding loss, although Cleveland expressed concerns about whether current funding formulas adequately capture the requirements for delivering services in the territory.