Again, I would suggest that over the last 30-plus years, going back to either neighbourhood improvement programs, NIP and RRAP, and all these kinds of initiatives, I still think that the HPS framework provides a mechanism that has enabled local communities to create entities to receive federal money. I think the mandate needs to be shifted just a little to give more empowerment to communities.
We have a tremendous wealth of expertise. We export housing technologies and information through CMHC. Get them supporting organizations that are building housing, because what I see in my roles at both Habitat for Humanity and Westminster, and the work we've been doing elsewhere, is that we're not skilled.
We have a tremendous number of community-based organizations in rural parts of Manitoba that are taking on massive capital projects without the expertise. They just have the tremendous willpower. If CMHC were empowered to provide hands-on support on the build and HPS was the organization through which to diffuse cash to communities, you could do tremendous change with very little.