Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, my question is for the Minister responsible for Municipal and Community Affairs. It is regarding my Member's statement and the concerns I have with the land pricing policy and how it is that the government has not considered the effects or the program dollars that have gone into communities before. They were exempt and were not being taxed but yet, Mr. Speaker, there has been a major increase in the cost of property.
Mr. Speaker, I would like to ask the Minister, has his department considered looking at some sort of a cutoff date to have people who are exempt from paying $13,000, knowing their lots were purchased earlier rather than later? Would he consider allowing homeowners who purchased their lots prior to 1997 to be based on the date set in their leases? So when they purchased their leases, that is the date that they should have to pay for the actual asset value or the value of that property.