Thank you to the Minister. Ask and you shall receive. Just a few more points on this: the Minister spoke to her own personal experience in one of these particular housing cooperatives. The Canadian Mortgage and Housing Corporation did a study of the Borealis Housing Cooperative, and they found that over 2,500 hours of voluntary labour are produced by the housing cooperative every year, which results in considerable savings for the community. These projects, they also found that to get a new project like this, it requires the goodwill of the community. So if the Housing Corporation could commit to more than just looking at this but actually actively engage community members who want a change, perhaps through that survey, will the Minister actively engage survey participants and forge a new housing cooperative from those respondents?
Kieron Testart on Question 631-18(2): Benefits Of Housing Cooperatives
In the Legislative Assembly on February 22nd, 2017. See this statement in context.
Question 631-18(2): Benefits Of Housing Cooperatives
Oral Questions
February 21st, 2017
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