Mr. Chairman, I have a series of questions and I am heartened that this won't be the last gasp on this issue. I'm going to try to ask my questions as succinctly as I can so as not to take too much time. The first question is in relation with CMHC and the federal government. Mr. Chairman, I understand that our government is fighting the, I believe it's $17 million we're losing on capital, to the wire, with CMHC -- I may have the figure wrong -- this fiscal year. In fact, the corporation has not even put the funds in the Housing Corporation's budget for 1994-95 to make up for that capital shortfall, so strongly do we feel that the federal government is doing the wrong thing and must restore that funding.
I would like to ask the Minister, why does it appear that we're knuckling under to CMHC in the $5.3 million in O and M funding? Has the Minister not fought this issue with CMHC and will he not continue to do so? As I said earlier, I don't think it will be possible to impose this size of a rent gouge on the present tenants of the Housing Corporation, at least in my riding. Thank you.