Thank you very much, Mr. Speaker. I rise today to support this motion. I will be voting in favour of it. It’s something that constituents have been raising with me for the past seven years, Mr. Speaker, because they always say every time I make extra money, I have to give it over to the housing the following month when I don’t have that extra money. So this is the type of thing we’re talking about. It’s not only for the seasonal workers, Mr. Speaker, it’s also for the ones with a steady job that for whatever reason run into bonus income from overtime, or even VTAs if they’re lucky enough to get it, but the following month their rent goes up.

I support the honourable Jane Groenewegen’s view that legally in the market world, there is a 90-day buffer. In fact, it raised enough interest in me that perhaps I’ll even ask our committee to seek a legal opinion on that matter, because no one should be

forced to pay increased rents without due diligence and formidable notice, Mr. Speaker.

Getting back to the motion, it’s about fairness and it’s about people having bonus income, wanting to pay their other bills, Mr. Speaker, even their arrears in the system they’re in. Like, if they’re getting bonus income and we’re charging them higher rent the next month, how are they even going to have a chance to address the current arrears with their money being already spoken for, so to speak?

So I like the motion and really think that our government has to take this one seriously and I don’t think that we should see 12 months hence, Mr. Speaker, because what we’re talking about is actually an election year and I think that’s something that we should address soon and address in the beginning of the next fiscal year in 2011, early 2011, by April 1st . I think that’s how

soon that we should act on it, and I believe that the Housing Corporation and all governments have got to really stand behind the firm commitment about standing behind their people and wanting to give them affordable and accessible housing, Mr. Speaker.

With that, once again, I’ll be supporting the motion and I thank you very much. Mahsi cho.