Mr. Speaker, I would suggest that the clientele for housing,
education and health are very common. We have small communities where, for example, the predominant form of accommodation in the smaller communities is housing. We know -- I know from personal experience, having worked in Health and Social Services -- that when there are health issues or social service issues there tends to be a related housing issue. If there are troubles in school, if there’s not enough food on the table, if there’s alcohol abuse in the home, if there’s FASD, that these services link. Our intent was to be able to have that case management facilitated to a greater degree than it is currently, where we would have a structure that would encourage social workers and the housing people and the educators to be able to come around the table to try to sort out issues, pool their resources, avoid duplication and those type of areas.
Anybody that has been blessed with good health should be very grateful and I hope that the Member continues to be healthy. There are many, many people in our jurisdictions that struggle. Thank you.