Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, for years, this government and the federal government have encouraged Aboriginal people to move away from their houses into social housing and encouraged people to move into the communities. It's always stated that we would provide them with affordable houses and, in many cases, Aboriginal people are very cautious and didn't want to do so, but they were reassured that they would have houses. Now we are telling them that you are going to have to start paying, and your Aboriginal rights no longer matter. Our students are going to have to pay rent based on their income. We don't have an alternate plan for seniors to move out of their social housing into independent housing. There is no program in the smaller communities. I understand there's been a program in Inuvik this year in the Minister's riding. I don't believe that's available in my riding. We are trying to get students back into school. We are trying to get more students involved in post-secondary school. How does this program fit in with that? How does this program help us bring more students to college?
Michael McLeod on Question 104-14(6): Harmonization Of Income Support And Social Housing
In the Legislative Assembly on February 27th, 2003. See this statement in context.
Supplementary To Question 104-14(6): Harmonization Of Income Support And Social Housing
Question 104-14(6): Harmonization Of Income Support And Social Housing
Item 7: Oral Questions
February 26th, 2003
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