Thank you, Madam Speaker. The new rent scale consultation process has been an ongoing issue for some time. In March of 1987 there had been a public discussion paper for need for a new rent scale, and that was distributed to all communities in the Northwest Territories. Then in June of 1988, the NWT Housing Corporation released a second public discussion paper and possible options for a new rent scale. In February of 1990, a new rent scale was tabled in the Legislative Assembly by the previous Minister, the Honourable Tom Butters. Also, in May of 1993, the Advisory Committee on Social Housing approved the rent scale review process. In July of 1993, a bulletin on rent scale review was
distributed to all the tenants. That describes the review process and assures tenants that the corporation would talk to tenants to explain the impacts of the new rent scale. In the fall and winter of 1993-94, community consultation meetings were held in each community. District managers explained the rent scale review process, and many tenants at that time took advantage of the opportunity to express concerns and make suggestions to improve the existing scale. Thank you.