Mr. Speaker, I support this motion. I supported the last.... Actually I moved the last motion that came out in this respect. Having worked in local housing authorities for 23 years, I’ve seen firsthand all the people that would come in, take care of their assessment and be out the door. I think they were doing a fine job looking after it, and doing it with the resources and staff they had. There was a bit of a peak time, when for a few days you’d have everyone come in.
I don’t know what more we have to do, Mr. Speaker. People are bringing their concerns to us, yet after two years…. That’s why we continue to raise the issue. If it wasn’t an issue for the people, then it wouldn’t be an issue for us. Because they’re telling us all the time that this thing is not working, we have to listen to what they’re saying and what they’re asking.
In one of our Member’s Conduct Guidelines, there was a line in there that said: “Hear the voice of our people.” That’s what we’re trying to do. We’re listening to what they’re telling us; they’re telling us it’s a bad idea and they’d like to see it go back to where it usually was. It’s affecting everybody: the tenants, the local housing authorities.
Mr. Speaker, I thought it was a bad idea two years ago when it first rolled out, I think it’s a bad idea today, and I think it will be a bad idea two years from now when we’re debating the same motion.