Mahsi, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I guess a question related to what I was talking about earlier in the week with respect to the affirmative action policy. But just to talk about housing and the importance of monitoring and assessing how the LHOs operate, the importance of monitoring and assessing how our education authorities are operating, how our health authorities are operating. I don't think that these duties and responsibilities that the government has to really take a grip of how much monitoring and assessing that we really need to continue to do at the regional level with every duty or responsibility that we hand down to the municipal level to ensure that there's good leadership being put in place and there's good governance ethics that are going to be followed and they're all in line with the civil society and with people's needs. I guess my question is to the Minister of Housing, the Honourable Joe Handley, with the universal agreements that the Housing Corporation has in place with the LHOs and there is a stipulation in there that the government has to monitor and assess the needs of the housing clients in the particular community. Is the emphasis going to be stronger over the next few years? I can look at the financial statements of an LHO and see some discrepancies and changes in monies moving around. People are complaining their houses aren't being repaired. Why? Well, if you look at it, the materials and supplies have been cut in half over the last two years. We didn't pick that up. That's why people are complaining and it all comes back to this House. I want a commitment from this government to put the message out there to the regional staff, to the superintendents, the DEAs...
Robert Villeneuve on Question 233-15(5): Monitoring Program Delivery At The Community Level
In the Legislative Assembly on October 31st, 2006. See this statement in context.
Question 233-15(5): Monitoring Program Delivery At The Community Level
Item 6: Oral Questions
October 30th, 2006
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