Thank you.
In a follow-up to my question to some of the officials, there are block transfers made to the provinces that include accommodation for things like housing operation subsidies and some of the legacy programs that were downloaded in the early 1990s.
Could we also have the PBO report back to us on what transfers are made by the federal government to provinces, which provinces have reported, what that reporting looks like, and, if there are provincial supports that are above and beyond the federal ones, what do they look like? Then we can understand exactly what the full scope of federal and provincial spending is on this file, so we don't duplicate. I think that would be very helpful.
The last time the PBO looked at the national housing strategy, they excluded any program that was cost-shared, even though federal money was largely funding it. I'd like him to look at the national housing strategy—because the programs have been opened up to all urban, rural and northern housing programs—to get a full understanding from the full national housing strategy, not just the 100% federal dollars. What allotment of the programs has gone to urban, rural and northern? That will let us get an understanding of how they're currently accessing the program, even if it's not necessarily identified up front as indigenous.
There are two points, to be clear. First would be to ask for a full assessment, or as close to a full assessment as we can, of provincial transfers and provincial expenditures on indigenous urban, rural and northern housing. Second is a full assessment of the national housing strategy, whether it's 100% or cost-shared programs, to understand the draw that's being made on those programs by indigenous urban, rural and northern housing programs.