(Translation) Thank you, Mr. Chairman. With regard to the new rent scale, I had asked a question today when question period started. I have to inform my constituents before this rent scale is implemented on a rent scale review. For that reason, before it is implemented, we wanted to have a review in my region, especially in Lake Harbour. The hamlet council wanted to review the rent scale and they wanted to be included in the consultations. The previous Minister, when asked privately by the Commissioner, stated that the communities would be given documents detailing exactly how they are going to have the rent scale set up. It has to be done too. It didn't state exactly how the Minister answered the question that the consultation process has to be established before the rent scale is implemented. There will be many people who don't know the exact detail or what is in the rent scale review. There are going to be many people who will not be pleased with this increase before they are told exactly how they are going to have to pay and exactly how the scale is going to be set up, if they don't have the copy of the document or know if the housing associations have the scale. The people in the communities will want to be informed way ahead of time. They will want to know exactly how the rental scale is going to be implemented.
For that reason, I have a concern that you are going to rush this rent scale. I understood that the Minister indicated that there will be community consultation before the rental scale is implemented. Members of the Legislative Assembly represent their communities. We know it is going to be implemented very quickly and we have to try to represent our communities and try to keep our communities informed.
I have no real concerns, but I would like my communities to be properly informed. They are going to have a hard time accepting it and they will be very afraid of it. For that reason, I would like community consultation, not just with community councils and housing associations, but the whole community population needs to be informed in my region. Is this going to be the way it is going to be implemented?
You said this document is a final document for the establishment of the rental scale. It seems it is trying to get everyone at the same time, even though some people are going to have rents raised and some are going to be lowered. Is my question quite clear? Before the new rental scale is to be implemented, are there going to be community consultations, Mr. Chairman?