Mr. Speaker, I am aware of the circumstance of some of these tenants and I have written the Minister about them. They said it would have been great if we had known, if we had six months or so to plan because we are open to building our own house. It would have been great if we had had some time to prepare and plan for sealift, financing and the like. Some of them will be given another month through the Minister's good offices.

The government knew that the leases were being terminated. Why on earth didn't the government say we will give the employees a healthy six months or more, so they can reorder their lives and consider this major investment in home ownership and have a proper amount of time, not just a month's extension to consider such weighty matters. Why didn't the government give them ample notice so that they could become home owners without having time constraints pressuring them into hasty decisions or negotiations? Thank you.