We’ve had good debates here in the House with respect to this motion. I always believe in the fundamentals of democracy. And if our people want something, it’s my job as MLA — and our job as MLAs — to move their needs forward. That is one of the things we’re doing here with this motion, Mr. Speaker.
I know the Ministers have both spoken and said, “Give us time.” But they’ve had lots of time already, Mr. Speaker. I don’t know what…. To me, it looks like government is trying to convince themselves it’s going to get better, but I don’t believe it’s going to get any better, and our people don’t believe it’s going to get any better either, Mr. Speaker. This is why we want to resolve this and say, “Look, we had something that wasn’t broke, and we broke it, and we shifted it over to EC&E, and it’s just not working.” Government is trying to convince itself that it’s going to get better, but it’s not. I don’t believe it is, and I don’t believe our people believe it is going to get any better.
So we’ve got this motion here, and the government wants to resolve issues. What they’re really doing, by continuing this process, is providing a disservice to our people by creating a whole new level of issues. There are really issues that the communities, regions and people do want resolved, but by creating new issues, it just further complicates our goals of providing safe, reliable housing for our people and a safe, reliable system that goes with it too.
I’ve always believed we should be providing housing, not taking it away from our people. The old system was working. Our people have asked that we put it back to the Housing Corporation and
continue from there. Then we can concentrate on the other issues that are there for our communities.
So with that, Mr. Speaker, I would like to have a recorded vote. I rest my case. Mahsi.