Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Right now, we do have a major problem with arrears. It is not only in Rae. We, as a corporation, have to realize that there is a major cost to going after people with arrears with court action or evictions. There is a process in place where the local authorities work with the clients to work out a pay plan where they can pay back their arrears over a period of time and also include their rent. There are ways that people can get out of their arrears, but they have to work out a plan with the housing authority and make an effort, so they can either get back into the local housing authority or access housing programs.
You have to realize that we have to be fair to the tenants that have been paying their rent, that have no arrears. We also have a lot of people on the waiting list that want to get into public housing. So we have to balance what we are doing here realizing it's a problem. People with arrears are having problems accessing our programs, but there is a payback plan and those people can sit down with the local authority and work out a plan over a period of time to pay off those arrears.