Thank you, Mr.

Chair. I’ll be

supporting this motion. I have many constituents who are really concerned about accessibility for disabled people. The arrears are pervasive again in this issue. We do have some programming there, but arrears are a barrier again, because the people are applying for it. They’ve got some new disabled people moving into their homes.

I’m supporting this motion because it’s about looking at the different areas and coming up with a unique strategy to address the issues of our disabled in our communities and to provide for their needs, It’s as simple as putting ramps up to their doorways to make life much easier, to get around the mobility issues. It’s just simple things that we’re asking the government for. They don’t cost very much money, either. It’s something that the government’s got to be more flexible about. It has to identify and move these programs around to suit the needs that currently exist. I don’t have to say that we’ve got an aging population, and it’s probably the pride of our health care system that people are living longer and longer. But how do we continue to take care of them? People want to live in their own homes; they don’t want to live in regional centres. This is about creating more housing stock for that sector as well as improving existing stock, Mr. Chair. So I’ll be supporting this motion. Thank you.