Mr. Chairman, the reason I am saying that is that the corporation has always done this type of survey, and I do not think it was done properly. One of the concerns that I have is; if the corporation is going to undertake this survey again the community residents are reluctant to give information to the people who are doing this survey, and it happens to be the staff of the Housing Corporation. We are running into problems because the people who are undertaking this survey do not explain properly what the survey is all about. They come back on a year-to-year basis and the residents get fed up. When the surveyor comes there and asks them a number of questions there are some residents who are reluctant to give information because they already gave the information the previous year. They say, "You guys come around, you ask us all of these questions, but nothing is happening." It is not explained properly so that the residents understand what the survey is all about. That is why I am making the suggestion to the corporation that if somebody else, the band for instance, is willing to undertake this survey using their own questionnaires that they have developed, if they can undertake something on behalf of the corporation where it could be explained properly to the residents, then I am sure we can get a good needs survey done.
Henry Zoe on Hiring Locally To Construct Housing
In the Legislative Assembly on March 4th, 1992. See this statement in context.
Hiring Locally To Construct Housing
Item 18: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
March 3rd, 1992
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