One of the issues, just in response to the Minister’s response earlier in regard to the questions raised by the Members, is the whole area of the seniors repair programs. I think a lot of challenges we’re seeing in our communities is we wait for a lot of these contracts to be let and you’re only talking $1,000 or $2,000 of any emergency repairs that have to be done. I think if we could work out arrangements with the local maintenance staff through the local LHOs and give them the money and ask that they include those seniors in those communities as part of their ongoing maintenance anyway, because every LHO does their maintenance in the summer months, they hire extra staff to come on side, they hire summer students. Again, I think this is one way that you can keep those revenues in the communities, but also achieve the results of offering that service to the seniors that are eligible for the programs, and we know who they are. Again, that money stays in the

community; it generates employment during the summer months.

In most cases somebody will clean out someone’s water tank or clean the furnace, servicing type of work. I think that could be done locally through the LHO maintenance staff. Again, I think the seniors would greatly appreciate that, because it seems like, you know, they hound you all summer as the MLA because they applied on it and they didn’t hear back from anybody. Then by the time the person comes around, it’s usually they show up in the fall time when it’s getting cold and they come in and they’re gone again, but if anything happens, they’ll come running back to the MLA and say, look, they didn’t do it right. At least if it’s the LHO, it’s in the community. They’re there, they can come back and finish off whatever repairs have to be made. So I think that’s something that we should consider in regards to offering that to the LHOs and, personally, I don’t think the LHO maintenance staff have a problem with that. If anything, they’re probably glad to help the seniors in their communities, especially dealing with their maintenance issues. Thank you.