Agreed.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. We don't have that level of detail right now, but we can get that information for the Members and committee for future references. Just for clarity, while I'm talking about the funding gap, we will be bringing out the strategy within February. It is focused on the O an M budget. I know that a lot of our communities, when they build the infrastructure, the O and M is sometimes one of the challenges, that they have to keep it maintained. For that specific question for the Member, we'll get that information, and we will get it back to the Member. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. Some of those would include roads, as he mentioned, water, sewage services, solid waste sites, some of the main things that you would see in almost any other community. Maybe I will ask Mr. Tordiff if there was anything that I might have missed. You mentioned some other ones earlier, such as other facilities such as garages for the community for storage and things like that, but maybe through you, Mr. Chair, I'll ask Mr. Tordiff if he has anything further he can add.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. As you heard before, we are developing an asset management program. When we do look at the deficits, we really do look at the core infrastructure. As I mentioned, a lot of this money goes to core needs for the communities, and we do base it on service life rather than market price at the time. I think this asset management program that the department has been developing is going to help identify some of the things that the Member has mentioned. Thank you.

No, I appreciate the honesty and the comments made by the Member. As I mentioned, one fund that we are looking at is the Investing in Canada Infrastructure Program that would help address some of the water and possibility sewage needs some of our communities.

The little increase that we did get in this budget will look at priorities of which municipalities need their infrastructure upgraded. We are going to be looking at that when this budget passes, but I really appreciate the Member's comments. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. With the presentation that we had given to committee a while back, I know that there is some possible federal funding that we can utilize. As we bring that definition forward, we will be able to see. I can’t say right now if it is a core need. I will look into that, and I will get back to the Member.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. It's Mr. Robert Tordiff, the assistant deputy minister for MACA. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. The municipalities get separate O and M funding, and they are free to use that for any special projects that they want to do outside of what the core needs are. That is really up to the municipalities when they go through their capital budgets. Thank you.

We always try to work closely with our partners, especially within the department. We keep them apprised of how many housing tenants we have and let them know of the programs that we are doing, especially with the tenants. When these programs came into place, we directly contacted the tenants to let them know what was going on. Our local housing organizations also give that information on what we are doing moving forward, but we do keep a good communication with all of our departments right across the government with our programs and how it can possibly impact their programs that they run as...

Thank you, Mr. Chair. I don’t have that detail. I can provide it, though, to the Member. It is increased funding, and it is addressing some of the core needs that I had mentioned earlier: the roads, solid waste, those kind of things. I will get that information for the Member. Thank you.