In the Legislative Assembly on March 31st, 1995. See this topic in context.

Implementation Of New Rent Scale
Item 3: Members' Statements

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Kenoayoak Pudlat Baffin South

(Translation) Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I will talk about something that isn't too "Friday." Today is the 31st of the month and tomorrow is the beginning of the new rental scale implementation. As we all know, it was to be April 1st and that is tomorrow. This is something that people are sort of dreading. Although tomorrow will be Saturday, it is going to put a lot of pressure on a lot of our people with this new rent scale.

Mr. Speaker, in my constituency, there are a lot of people. They are small communities, 28 of them will have rental hikes, 14 will stay the same and five will decrease. However, there are very few people in the community who will see decreased rent, and some rent will stay the same. But, as a small community, the majority of the tenants will see rental increases. This is unfortunate and I'm sure this will put a lot of strain on them.

Mr. Speaker, there was a question put forth by one of the MLAs from the east about evictions; I'm sure this is something that we will see and it's a reality that we will have to face. So, during question period, I will pursue this matter about the rental scale that is being implemented tomorrow. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Implementation Of New Rent Scale
Item 3: Members' Statements

March 30th, 1995

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The Speaker Samuel Gargan

Thank you. Item 3, Members' statements. Item 4, returns to oral questions. Mr. Kakfwi.