The other area that I have concerns about and that I have been asking about during question period is the rental scale. I don't want the Minister to misunderstand me, I don't oppose the idea of increasing rents, but the way it is being implemented. I feel that this department or the corporation could have done better dealing with the high-income earners in the level II and III communities before any kind of consultation took place with the Housing Corporation and the housing authorities and associations and hamlets, that these clientele should have been consulted first and made aware that this rental scale was coming about to give them leeway where they could start saving money if they wanted to become home owners. As a result of the way the consultation took place, these clients who are living in public housing with high incomes are going to be practically working just to pay for their rent.
I feel that within four years, I don't think the corporation will be able to get these people totally out of public housing, especially if their rent is going to be increased and will leave them very little to save up to try to get their own home where there is no private housing market. On top of that, let's not forget a lot of these families have never known home ownership until very recently when HAP was introduced just a few years ago. So the concept of home ownership in Inuit communities is very new and it takes a while for some clients to get the concept of ownership of a home, a little longer than those who have been exposed to it all their lives. Thank you, Mr. Chairman.