Mr. Speaker, the fact is there are many reasons why previous governments have chosen not to act on this particular strategy of getting the government out of staff housing and out of trying to set up a more equitable rent system across the territories. One of them, and I think all Members are aware, is that this undertaking is a huge, complex issue which involves trying to even out a situation which has taken 25 years to create. We have many factors and situations to consider. So, what would be fair to one sector may seem to be totally unfair to another. There is absolutely no way, in my mind, as I said yesterday, we could completely satisfy everyone at the initial phase of this initiative. I think it is wrong for the media and for the Members to create the illusion that we should wait until absolutely everything has been considered

and addressed before launching anything because that is precisely the reason that many governments before us have failed to stand up and address this issue. We have reached an achievement which we all agree on which is, the initiative is timely, it has to be done now and it has been sufficiently worked out so it is now acceptable to launch. We have done it in consultation with Members. It is my view that if we start making changes as early as January when Members became more initially indignant about many of the things we were suggesting, then I think we should have arrived today with the strategy totally in tatters. Strategically, there was merit and respect for due process that said wait until the session before changes were made. I think all Members are aware that had to be part of the plan. We would make changes as necessary because we know there is no way we could negotiate this launching of an initiative with the 100 per cent precision that some Members seem to indicate was possible.