Thank you to North Island College President Lisa Domae and Community Engagement Executive Director Diane Naugler for taking time to discuss the need for affordable student housing in the north and central Vancouver Island. Students studying trades, for example, are enrolled in work-study programs and find themselves having to pay rent in two places—their place of work and the NIC campus. I reiterated my support for their proposal for federal funding towards construction of student housing and appreciated the briefing on the College’s plans for a 79-unit housing project in Port Alberni so students will no longer need to commute from Courtenay or Campbell River, sometimes in dangerous conditions, in pursuit of their education.