Thank you, Mr. Chair. Mr. Chair, as laid out, the process we fall under when it comes to a natural disaster or a disaster in this area where a flood had occurred, the policy and the arrangement of the federal government is that they would cover 85 percent of the cost. Beyond that, normally, again, a person's own household insurance there, that area we would expect would cover the rest of the loss in that area. In this case, as we were informed at the time and made the decision to support the initiative to cover the rest of the cost, is that this case would not have done us any positiveness in the community in the sense that, if we did not do the work to cover the additional costs for repairing homes, we would end up having to put people into new homes in a sense of further either in public housing or new housing through the Housing Corporation program. So it was felt that this case with the covering of 85 percent by the federal government, we could cover the remainder and still put people back into their own homes. The rest of the items they would have to cover on their own. In the process, we were focussing on the homes themselves.
Floyd Roland on Item 16: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
In the Legislative Assembly on March 1st, 2006. See this statement in context.
Item 16: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
Item 16: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
February 28th, 2006
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