I think also this government, I know it was recognized previously, has to take a close look at how we do the assessments on these seniors. What these seniors are stuck with is that they have family members living with them who may work in the summer months during the construction season, but because they are using the household income they are disqualified from seniors programs. Yet the only time they receive a fuel subsidy is in the winter months.

I’d like to ask the Minister if he would look at the possibility of classifying these programs as seasonal programs for those winter months and calculate it on those winter months when that fuel is being used to heat the home. Between October and April or whatever. I’d like to ask the Minister if he would consider looking at something like that so the seniors are not penalized because some activity has taken place in their homes during the summer months.