Mr. Speaker, I assume all Members received this letter, but I certainly received a letter yesterday. It was from the UNW, and one of the suggestions — I won’t go through the whole letter, of course — was to consider things like hiring freezes, and just in case we do have to lay people over, that there are potential opportunities out there.
But I got this letter at the same time as I had another letter on my desk. It was one from the Housing Corporation, where they’re now making
two vice-president positions. So we’re asking for a pound of flesh on one side of the game, but then we’re staffing vice-president positions, which are very bloated and very expensive.
Recognizing the situation, Mr. Speaker, will the Premier investigate this situation? And if these positions haven’t been staffed as of this moment, will he put a pause on that, in light of the fact of the reductions? We are still about to see Sheila Fraser in about a month, now, to discuss the Housing Corp in general. Would he take a look at it?