While travelling in Thompson, Nelson House, Tadoule Lake, Brochet and Lac Brochet Member of Parliament Niki Ashton reports she got the message our region is again being ignored.  She says the federal budget focuses on initiatives like people being able to take more out of their RRSP’s to buy their first home while in our region many people don’t have RRSPs to begin with especially when looking for a first home.  She adds in our region there is a housing crisis with long waiting lists, people living in overcrowded mould contaminated housing while the budget does virtually nothing at all with the housing crisis.  Ashton says when she returns to Parliament next week her message will be clear that in 2019 there are simply no excuses for the housing crisis we face in many of the communities in our region adding it’s time for action.