There are a few issues there. Certainly, as I said in my comments, we're looking to budget 2018 as part of the movement to define more clearly what was committed in budget 2017, so that the program definitions around the integrated bilateral agreements and the eligibility criteria, etc., are made very clear, and also so there's flexibility in the delivery of the programs and the money that was committed in 2017.
You're absolutely right: the local flexibility is essential. You're also absolutely right in that the north has huge problems that require special attention. We believe that budget 2018 is just part of the process of further deepening the federal-municipal partnership so that those local needs can be addressed in ways such that the decisions are made effectively. Part of it means that the federal government needs to continue to pressure the provinces and territories to engage the municipalities, as we have said, and some of that will play out through the integrated bilateral agreements.
I think it's also really important for the north that budget 2018 further define, through the national housing strategy, how the $15 billion for housing money that was committed in 2017 will actually roll out. This is a critical piece of the puzzle, as you rightly said, for the north and for Canada generally.
I've just come from spending most of the last two days with Minister Duclos on the question of poverty reduction. Housing is a fundamental element of that. The rolling out of the national housing strategy in terms of the allocation of dollars, the design of the programs, and how those dollars will roll out are critical questions that urgently need to be answered. Budget 2018 will be just part of the process along the way of making sure that all of this responds to local needs.