Finance committee  I'll be candid. The MLI Select program is outside of my direct responsibilities, but I do know that we're well aware of the challenges with wait times and processing times in that program. We've been putting significant efforts into moving staff in, training staff, upgrading our capacity, shortening the process and really trying to accelerate it as quickly as we can.

Finance committee  During my prior answer, I was simply going to say that through the NHS, we have a bilateral housing framework in place with the provinces and territories. In most cases, decades ago the federal government transferred responsibility for social housing to the provinces, along with financial resources to support those units over the long term.

Finance committee  I was going to respond on preservation of social housing units. We could provide an answer on that off-line.

Finance committee  I'm Chris Woodcock with the CMHC housing programs. There was a lot in that question. To start, we certainly look at our resourcing on an ongoing basis. We have had a lot of success moving internal resources between programs. For example, just as an anecdote, when we were wrapping up the delivery of the rapid housing initiative this year, we were very successful in retraining and redeploying a significant number of staff from the rapid housing initiative to support the housing accelerator fund and in developing training to support that work, and the timing worked out.

Finance committee  Thank you for the question. We will take that away and we will do our best to provide that information. I can't confirm at this time that we would have the lens specifically around projects that have stalled due to interest rates. We can certainly take a look to see what we do have and what we can provide.

Finance committee  I think we would have to respond in writing.

Finance committee  This is Chris Woodcock from CMHC housing programs. We recently had a very positive experience with the province of Quebec. We have reached agreements to distribute federal funds to the province. We are working very closely with Quebec to find an agreement on the housing accelerator fund, or HAF.

Finance committee  This is Chris Woodcock from CMHC housing programs. At this time, the rapid housing initiative has gone through three phases. Phase three is fully awarded, so there are no further funds available at this time. We are continuing to accept applications through the national housing co-investment fund.

Finance committee  CMHC's commercial—

Finance committee  Mr. Chair, thank you for the reminder. I'm Chris Woodcock from Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation. Our MLI Select program was introduced fairly recently, with extensive demand. It is based on a point system that attributes a greater score to different social outcomes. I'm not familiar with the specific recommendation in the report that you're looking at, but it's definitely being looked at in terms of calibration to make sure it's effective.