Thank you to all of the witnesses. As my colleague Rob said, many of you have come from a long distance to be with us today.
I believe my questions will be mostly to Ms. Matthews, vice-president for the assisted housing sector at CMHC.
I would like to preface my questions with recognition of what a terrific organization this is. It may not be in your sector per se, but I've had the opportunity to work with CMHC quite recently to help some municipalities out on some key infrastructure projects. I was very impressed with the calibre of the people, the scope of the work they do, and their willingness if not enthusiasm to help municipalities.
That said, I want to talk about the effectiveness of delivery through territorial housing corporations. As I understand it, CMHC has been delivering funds under Canada's economic action plan through existing arrangements with the territories. Typically this means that the housing corporations in each of the respective territories receive the funds.
This is a little bit of review here. I had an opportunity to review the Auditor General's report on the territories' housing corporations. With respect to the Northwest Territories, Madam Fraser noted that they needed to improve their management to ensure that they are meeting housing needs and being optimally cost-effective.
With respect to Nunavut, she identified some concerns around the need to monitor the activity of community partners, or to gauge whether units are being allocated to areas with the greatest need, and prioritizing maintenance or repairs.
She was somewhat more positive about the Yukon's performance but noted that they needed to be attentive to long-term strategic issues and to doing a better analysis of whether they are meeting housing needs.
Can you comment on how you're working with these partners to ensure that funds are being delivered in an effective manner to those who are in the most critical of housing needs?