Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Certainly what I have heard from the Sahtu elders certainly didn’t relay that message to me. Really it was the younger people who were working that want to make sure the rent scale was adjusted. Our elders in the Sahtu certainly didn’t convey that to me, and I don’t think that’s an accurate picture that the Minister is saying, that some of the seniors want to pay their rent. So, Mr. Speaker, I know the government may not agree with me, but I cannot sit here and agree with this principle of charging the elders rent coming in July. It’s just unacceptable, Mr. Speaker. I don’t know what to do about it, but why should I sit here and pretend that it’s okay to start charging or plan to charge our elders rent in my region when the cost of living is so high?
Norman Yakeleya on Question 108-17(2): Effect On Elders Of Public Housing Rent Scale
In the Legislative Assembly on February 17th, 2012. See this statement in context.
Question 108-17(2): Effect On Elders Of Public Housing Rent Scale
Oral Questions
February 16th, 2012
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