Ms. Zarrillo, as I think you know, our association has an urban indigenous housing caucus made up of urban indigenous housing providers. We were so disappointed in the 2022 budget. The urban, rural and northern indigenous strategy that was part of the past two mandate letters was not fully funded.
We have done study after study. You have done a study, as a committee. There is no more need for engagement. There is no more need for study. We are ready to go with an urban, rural and northern indigenous strategy that is properly funded. The $300 million over five years to codevelop the study, contained in the 2022 budget.... We're all still scratching our heads, trying to figure out why we need five years to codevelop a strategy that, frankly, has been studied to death.
We hope a funding announcement for such a strategy will be forthcoming very shortly. We're continuing to have discussions with various officials, but there are, frankly, no more barriers to getting that strategy in place. We are completely ready to go. If the accelerator fund can help with that strategy, fantastic, but there is nothing preventing us from getting and moving on an urban indigenous strategy, other than the announcing of it by the federal government.