Thank you, Mr. Speaker. In Taloyoak this fall, the rent scale was finally passed through the Special Committee on Social Housing. After that it came to this House and we dealt with it in committee of the whole. Prior to that, well over a year ago, the whole process was kicked off with community consultation. That was the Housing Corporation along with the local housing authorities having meetings in every community. After that, we had major meetings in every region where leaders were involved. That was the consultation process. The recommendations from that process were given to the Special Committee on Social Housing through the regional meetings. Then we had our meeting in Taloyoak to go over the recommendations, and we made many changes to the scale so it would accommodate people and reflect what people's needs were.
One portion of the new rent scale is going to go up, but there will be a portion of it where rents go down. We have a cost-of-living portion in there. It will allow people to travel between communities to work. It will allow people to go to school and get their units back and not lose them in their community. So there are many good things about this rent scale, as well.
We've had the workshops with the local housing authorities. The majority of the client counselling is done. So it's something that has been in the public and in the community for at least a year, so people should know about it. The new rent scale -- as everybody agreed to, as this House agreed to, Cabinet agreed to -- will be implemented on April 1, 1995. Thank you.