Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Chairman, I am glad that the Minister is going to consider looking at this because I believe it does cause a strain not only on the individual, but the family and also even the community. There is turmoil that happens within the community, wondering why people who we want to spend time or stay in our communities are leaving. A lot of it has to do with the frustration of just trying to find a place to live or the burden of having something brought on just because you happen to be there, such as living with your parents, or in the meantime trying to find a place to stay and maybe finding a part-time job.
I do not think the policies that the government imposes or implements really look at the collective of aboriginal communities in the sense of looking at it as units versus strictly looking at people as one individual with a dollar sign attached to them.
We have to really take the time to look at what the family values are and exactly what roles do grandparents, parents, the children, the grandchildren, even in some cases, the great-grandchildren play in our communities, so we can start supporting families and supporting people in our communities to live together and stay together, without putting these barriers in place because of the mighty dollar that everyone seems to be battling over. It seems like the dollar is driving this organization.
There is nothing wrong with the Housing Corporation having a debt. That is the whole intention of having a social housing organization that takes care of social needs in communities. One of the needs is not only housing but people.
I think as a government, I strongly encourage the Minister to take this cause up and come back with recommendations so that we do not have this situation where we end up hearing like Mr. McLeod, where 13 people got evicted this afternoon. I think a lot of it has to do with that aspect of having people live with you because you are immediate family. What are you going to do, kick them out?
I think that for small communities that is not the way people have been raised. Most of us have been raised around our grandparents or our great-grandparents, or they live next door to us. Those days seem to be gone because of government policies and procedures. They have to change. Thank you.