Human Resources committee  Actually, very few.... It's more of a social statement, as well.

Human Resources committee  We had a few people like shelvers in the library, part-time and things like that, students—

Human Resources committee  Yes, even less. But contractors who wished to work with the city and on a city project had to have their workers—

Human Resources committee  Yes, and it actually didn't discourage too many flag people on the street.

Human Resources committee  I don't know that number, but I know it's very small.

Human Resources committee  The answer is yes. We have a very good house and we have a new one going in, and we have second-stage housing going in for women as well.

Human Resources committee  Everybody talks about a national housing strategy. That's the first thing that we would want. Something that, for sure, would help us to do things like that—and yes, land. That would be wonderful, especially for New Westminster. Encourage a living wage. You know that we're not

Human Resources committee  I'm sorry. I do not know that.

Human Resources committee  I'm sorry. I don't know that answer. We have developers put in purpose-built rental and subsidized housing, and they go along with it, because in the Lower Mainland, as you know, housing is a big item. They put those in, and we have no shortage of people who snap them up.

Human Resources committee  Absolutely. I think any amount of money left in people's hands is spent on what they need, and anything we can do to increase that would be good.

Human Resources committee  We set up our own task force on homelessness. I can't remember all the people, but faith-based organizations, churches, social organizations, everybody who had anything to do with poverty was invited to the table, including, of course, councillors. Through public consultation, ma

Human Resources committee  Yes, we have an ongoing homelessness coalition, for instance, and it is funded by the city. We provide the secretarial support, and everybody sits around the table like this and we actually decide, if there is money and if there are grants, where they are best spent. Sometimes it

Human Resources committee  You know, we were very pleased, for instance, when the idea of a rent bank came up. We brought this idea to our MLA, and she ran with it and did the work for us and got it all set up with the credit unions and then announced it in the legislature. This was the co-operation, I thi

Human Resources committee  That is true. Developers are allowed to do this, but we want a change in the B.C. Residential Tenancy Act so that anybody who is evicted because the landlord is going to do all of these extensive renovations must be allowed to move back at the same rate, and the landlord must be

Human Resources committee  That's correct. But they don't lose out; the profits just aren't as great. The people who were living there beforehand should be allowed to stay, and through attrition, when they leave, then they can bump the rent up as much as they like.