The Minister is correct in that it does have an effect on the contractors in terms of their reputation as builders and suppliers. Paying off the suppliers for the materials or whatever. It has an effect on their business and has an effect on the regional operations in terms of getting the materials in there. I’m glad the Minister said they’re looking at it and hopefully next year we won’t see this as a major issue for us in the communities.

I know there’s a real ambitious plan here to put all units into the communities. It’s a lot of stress on everybody, especially when you have materials coming in and people want to get into these units. I’m glad the Minister said he has an eye on it. I believe the staff will keep him appraised on this. This is something that needs to be cut off and said this is it. Give a clear message to the people who are putting these packages together that this is unacceptable. Especially for the Housing Corporation. You guys pay millions and millions of dollars for supplies for the company. We can’t put up with this kind of shabby business here. You’re the Housing Corporation. You have to let them know that it’s important to our community. When you don’t have all-season roads, you can’t get materials all the time. It’s key for us in our communities. I want to support the Minister in saying that this is a corporation that should stand by and go for it. You can’t have these guys do this to us. Especially in the communities where they’re not involved in discussions at a higher level. They’re just there to build the houses, get the contract, and do a job for the community.

I just wanted to say that. I’m glad the Minister is looking at it. For me it’s something that he knows I’m interested in and would like to see it handled in a way that I don’t have contractors or people coming to me asking what’s going on. I’ll just leave it at that.