Thank you, Mr. Chairman. First of all, I have to point out that the housing issue, the lead on that is the Housing Corporation. Where our department enters into it is when it comes to redistribution of the funding for income support and the low-income earners. That is our role, Mr. Chairman, and that is how we have entered into it.
What we must remember is that we may have a case of a student paying $300 rent, in a lot of cases $200, depending on the size of their accommodation, yet we have other students who have much higher income who are paying $20 rent or $30 rent. It becomes an equity situation, Mr. Speaker.
I am not denying that there is a housing need out there but that is something that my department does not enter into. That is a housing situation and we work closely with the Housing Corporation. The need for housing is one that has to be addressed by the Housing Corporation.