(Translation) Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I have another question I would like to raise. The basic rent scale, even though it will be for a year, for the residents in Baffin South, as Dennis mentioned before, it is getting harder and harder to get jobs. The prices of everything is going up. We are all aware that it is getting harder and harder to earn a living. Ottawa is saying they won't give us any more houses. The people who are social assistance recipients, especially the older people...A number of people in the household work or in some households aren't working at all. There are widows who don't make any wages because there doesn't seem to be too much consideration as to how much money they are making. I'm wondering if our elders will be put into a situation where they will have a difficult time paying their rent, would the head of the house be responsible to pay for the rent, even if the household is a recipient of social assistance? If they don't pay their rents, then the head of the household would be responsible for paying the rent. Will that be the case? How will this be handled if these situations arise? Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
Kenoayoak Pudlat on Item 19: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
In the Legislative Assembly on November 15th, 1994. See this statement in context.
Item 19: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
Item 19: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
November 14th, 1994
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Kenoayoak Pudlat Baffin South
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