I’m complimenting the mover and the seconder, you guys.

I think that the strategy that’s espoused here is something that the government has to take note of. We need to look at enabling our people to get out of poverty, those that are there. The only way we’re going to be able to do it is by providing them with

assistance. It is obvious to Members, certainly on this side of the House, that the policies and strategies that we are currently employing are not working. We need to totally revisit where we’re at.

This motion talks about setting maximum rents in public housing. There have been other suggestions to change the maximum rent scale all over the place. There have been suggestions to assist people in transitional housing to keep them at work so that they don’t go back onto income support.

The Housing Corporation I believe is doing a review of their Shelter Policy and that’s a good thing, but Lord knows when we’re going to see the end result of that review. I certainly hope that these suggestions and previous suggestions from Members on this side of the House and motions on this side of the House are going to be considered within that review. All of them go to the basic principle of getting our people out of poverty, and that should be where the Housing Corporation should start. Provide housing that enables people as opposed to housing that disables people and I think that this motion goes a long way to doing that.

I hope that the Housing Corporation is listening. I certainly support this motion and I encourage the rest of my colleagues to do the same.