Thank you, Madam Chair. Madam Chair, the Supported Lease Program is to assist people to become homeowners. Like you say, there are people who are on social housing. They have been in social housing for a number of years. To assist them to make the transition from social housing into homeownership, we are looking at a lease arrangement where the individuals will pay the operational cost of those units in which, over a two-year period, then at that time they are assessed based on their ability to pay, but also through counselling and whatnot, make them realize what it will take for them to pay a mortgage, pay your utility costs and realize what you are going to need by way of understanding what your responsibilities will be as a homeowner. Basically, it is a transitional program to get people who have been dependent, living on social housing, out of social housing into homeownership. Instead of basically charging them a mortgage or at the start you allow them two years to build up collateral or whatnot so that, after those two years, you assist them by way of ensuring that they have a good credit rating and whatnot. Then after the two years, we work with them to get them either to the bank for bank...(inaudible)...or get them into one of our program areas. So it is sort of a transitional program. I think, with this, we are hoping to see more people being able to become homeowners, especially for First Nations people. In Canada, one thing we've realized is that, in order for them to get ahead dealing with the aboriginal issue across the country, homeownership is possibly a better way than simply continuing to put people into social housing.
I think it is a national issue. I think, because of that, we have taken steps to find programs that will allow for us to work with clients to be able to give them the tools they are going to need to transfer from being a client of the Housing Corporation in regards to a social client in becoming an individual who will be able to, at some point, own their own home. Thank you.