Madam Chair, I wasn't expecting 100 percent effectiveness or uptake. From the list that I got for the first year, nine out of 22. Now maybe I wasn't hearing it correctly or maybe we need to get something on paper to look at again, but perhaps around 50 percent uptake. Still, Madam Chair, and I'm very pleased to see that these units are, for the most part, being used and occupied by people who are residents of the community and that's great, but this Assembly, and I looked at this and I voted this money at a time when there wasn't a lot of money around here to try to solve a given problem. It didn't quite work out that way and it morphed into something. Yes, it did the communities good, I'm not taking away from that, but the original intention and the purpose and the request that was put before this committee was not as worked out in the end and even a 50 percent success rate is not that great. Madam Chair, my point here is I was seeking some accountability for what the Housing Corporation put in front of us, what, four years ago, three years ago now? I'm trying to seek some results. What happened in the end and what I'm getting here is about a 50 percent success rate. It's not a great success rate. But what I have problems with is when a Minister or department brings something in front of me and then as it rolls out or as it develops or as it changes, it becomes something else and it's sold as a success story. I don't like that. I'm going to be watching very carefully for things that are put in front of me as one, and then over time might develop into another. That's why I'm seeking some information and results on this program, Madam Chair. That will do.
Bill Braden on Item 19: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
In the Legislative Assembly on February 12th, 2007. See this statement in context.
Item 19: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
Item 19: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
February 11th, 2007
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