The Member is correct; there is a forgivable mortgage that assigns liens and security to our new programs. We do not provide free rent to the seniors. The Housing Corporation charges full rent. ECE offsets the rent by paying it 100 percent.
Mr. Speaker, it is an area that needs attention. It was put in place during the days, in the era of one that there were not a lot of high income pensioners in our smaller communities. It was only targeted towards the smaller communities. Now the program has been opened up to the larger regional centres and it is cause for concern. We have a lot of what could be interpreted as windfall situations, so it needs to be looked at and a program has to be incorporated. That is our intention, is to look at it and see what we can do there. Thank you.