Thanks for your question.
We want to see affordable housing built in communities of all shapes and sizes, and that is a challenge under the current set of programs. The plan with Build Canada Homes is to ensure that we're reviewing proposals from communities of all sizes. We are supporting rural projects, because a small project in a rural community can have a big impact on the success in that community by ensuring that people have an affordable place to live in rural Canada.
There are two things happening right now. Everyone is welcome to send in proposals through the public portal on the Build Canada Homes website, first and foremost. We are also seeing provinces and territories bundling rural projects together. We saw this from New Brunswick recently in their proposal to Build Canada Homes, with lots of projects included from small communities across that province. They will help, as a province, to ensure that projects get built and the details are managed, which I think is very helpful in terms of being more efficient with the whole review process and the financing.
That's the approach we're seeing from some parts of the country. I understand there are regions that are also bundling rural communities so that the process of going through the Build Canada Homes review and decision is easier, but it is possible for small communities, as well, to put their proposals forward. We're trying to be as collaborative as possible in the way we're approaching this.
I'd certainly encourage you to ask the CEO of Build Canada Homes, Ana Bailão, questions on how that's going and what that looks like for rural communities. I've visited rural communities in your riding. You can also ask about how it's supporting the manufacturing businesses that are in many parts of rural Canada, including yours. There are great innovative companies that are doing really good work to make building products that can be used in affordable housing. We're looking forward to supporting the construction side and getting the housing built.