Well, you know, how could you pass a capital budget with -- without the detail, especially when we're so compassionate about housing. You know, I have people out of Fort Smith who have been trying since -- for over a year now, since 2019, since 2020, July, to -- the same people are still trying to get into public housing and they still haven't got public housing, yet there's 12 units that are -- that are vacant in Fort Smith. There just seems to be a disconnect in gaps that are not being filled. I'm happy that we have an incredible board that has been put in place now. But the work still has to continue. This is winter. I've had a couple this week that had to go into a women's shelter because of housing, and these are people who are -- have mobility problems, and it's a major, major, major problem. And sometimes I feel that -- and every day almost, I send an email about these -- these four different cases that I've been dealing with for quite some time. And I feel that many times I'm being ignored. And as an MLA for constituents that I deeply care about, especially the impoverished people, and it's disturbing that I have to say these things during budget time. Thank you, Madam Chair.
Frieda Martselos on Consideration Of Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
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