The Member is correct; we have a lot of individual cases that we do deal with. The numbers have come down substantially in the last little while which, again, is a good indication that the work that a lot of people want done on their units is being carried out.
As far as the changes to PATH, the Member is absolutely correct. We’ve had issues in the past
where somebody would be a dollar over the Core Need Income Threshold and they were automatically declined. We’ve tried to tailor our programs that if they are a little bit over, now it’s not going to be that they are automatically declined. We take those into consideration. I think the zones, if they are over, then obviously their subsidy would come down a bit instead of just being flat out declined for any kind of subsidy. So for those who are slightly over, they will still continue, if they are eligible on all other fronts – there’s more to it than CNIT – then they will be receiving some assistance; however, the subsidy would be lower than if they were below the Core Need Income Threshold. That’s one of the major changes because we’ve heard from so many places where I’m $10 over and I’m declined. So we have tried to take steps to address that to get more people to access some of our programs, because you’re right, Mr. Menicoche, a lot of these people are the ones who have proven that they would be able to maintain a home. We need to do what we can to assist them. Thank you, Mr. Chair.