Thank you, Mr. Speaker. So, Mr. Speaker, I too stand in support of this motion, and it is why I wanted to be the seconder on it. To me this is a true act of reconciliation with Indigenous people. It's come to my attention, and I want to thank my colleague for actually being really informative in helping us as a committee to understand really what the situation is like in the smaller communities. I agree with my colleague about the state of the condition of a lot of these buildings that we are, you know, putting off onto low income people in the communities. They aren't worth the money that they're being held to and often it's come to my attention that it's also an issue where perhaps at times people sign documents and they weren't aware of what they were signing. ESL plays into it as well. Don't mean to laugh, Mr. Speaker; I'm just a little distracted today. So yes, no, I just wanted to say that I agree here.
One thing that I think is really key here is any time -- and this is a conversation around the forgiving of student loans in the US. Any time that you're getting people out of debt, the money that they would be paying towards or spending on those loans or the interest will now come back into our community and our economies and, therefore, that money will stay in the community instead of going into the government coffers which is just only going to help the people that are affected but not only them, the people around them. I think one of the biggest things we noticed, or has been noticeable to me, has been the issue of overcrowding. So, you know, you hear about it and you think -- you know, you can say oh okay, there's six people living in this house, but until you go into a community like we did with the Member from Monfwi and see that there are, you know, seven adults, children, everybody living in this one or two-bedroom home and you really get an understanding of what that means and really what -- how that impacts people's quality of life. So that being said, I just want to say that I strongly support this motion. I think it's a true act of reconciliation and it goes to furthering the priorities that we set as the 19th Assembly. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.