Thank you, Madam Chair. I thank my colleagues for tagging along on some of the motions. I can appreciate that there are stands on various ones; I hope to get their support on this one. Again, I think it is important that we do send a message to the government. I think this is the most substantive issue in this supplementary that we can do just that. I don't think all the homework was done on this transfer of $30 million from the Housing Corporation over to ECE without any positions with it. I think it was poorly managed, to be honest with you, Madam Chair. As I said, we have to put our foot down at some point in time. This is as good a time as any.
I mentioned this before, and I will mention it again. It says $460,000 in the supplementary, $183,000 for a one-time start-up and implementation cost, and $277,000 for the salaries and benefits. That is just from January to March of next year, Madam Chair. What these new positions will mean is about $1.2 to $1.3 million on an ongoing basis. I think it is incumbent upon the government to come back with a better plan. I know they can come up with a better plan. Why aren't positions accompanying the $30 million
from the Housing Corporation? That would be the logical thing to look at.
Madam Chair, I do hope I have the support of my colleagues on this side of the House to send a clear, and direct, message to the government, that they have to do more with what they have. They haven't demonstrated that to us yet. Thank you, Madam Chair.