Mr. Speaker, I rise today to ask that the federal government make assurances to the people of my riding living in the Cambridge New Hope Housing Co-op that they will not lose their homes when jurisdiction for social housing is turned over to provincial control.
I have received letters from many of the residents of the New Hope Co-op, from young children like eight-year old Scott Entwhistle, who is worried that he will lose his home and will have to live on the streets. There are letters from parents struggling to provide their families with a safe, affordable home to grow up in who are afraid that the Mike Harris government will axe funding to their co-op.
I alone cannot allay the fears of these people. I require the assistance of the hon. minister responsible for Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation and the Prime Minister to let these people know that this government is not abandoning them to the Mike Harris government.