Robert C. McLeod

Yes, Mr. Chair.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. We don’t have those numbers right now as to what it costs us to do those assessments, but we can attempt to gather that information and I will pass it on to the Member.

Mr. Chairman, training firefighters to fight fires is a huge priority. I think you will see as we go further into the document that there is $150,000 identified through the School Community Government to assist with training firefighters. We have an assistant fire marshal in the regions that will work with communities to ensure that they are trained to fight fires. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. Mr. Chair, the regional offices will usually determine how many summer students that they might need and then they would just fund it themselves. Thank you.

Yes, Mr. Chair.

The community would just have to enact the proper bylaws and then they would have authority to set the writs.

Mr. Chairman, we are always interested in helping the communities build up the capacity. We have seen in a lot of the communities where the volunteer firemen or the rangers or just residents in general are usually the ones out in the river looking or searching. If there is an opportunity there for us to enhance their training, give them some training, that is something that we will be looking at over the next while and just working with the communities to identify ways that they can be better trained to do the search and rescue. If it includes a partner on water rescue, then it is usually...

Mr. Chair, I don’t think it’s a question of it being an onerous process. I think a good reason that the uptake is not as high as it should be is because probably the information is not out there that this is available. That’s why I’ll commit to the Members that I’ll get them some information and they can pass that on to their volunteer groups. Thank you.

Mr. Speaker, we have identified vacant units or older units in some of the communities that we would like to remove from our stock. However, we have to be careful that we don’t just hand them over, because then there will be a requirement or they will come back asking for money to repair these units. So we have to make sure that it is something that is feasible for the corporation and something that the potential homeowners realize that they can take on. We are making quite an investment in the homeownership part of the delivery. So there is $14 million, I think, this year alone into the...

MACA still continues to do the bulk of it. It hasn’t been transferred. Thank you.