Nothing about us without us is essentially where Mr. Bell is going with those sentiments. It's absolutely right.
To hit your two points, I'm going to say that the RHI, 41% to indigenous...from our experience here in British Columbia, would mean that it's targeting on nation, traditional, distinctions-based focus groups. Not a single urban, rural and northern submission was approved, despite the fact that the Province of B.C. stepped in to offer more money than the federal government was planning to invest in RHI in British Columbia in ongoing subsidies to support those programs. The RHI has not been a very great success for our urban communities here in British Columbia.
There's another reason for that. For urban, rural and northern communities, especially in the more rural and northern communities where infrastructure is a challenge, the target population of RHI requires funding for wraparound supports that cost more money than the bricks and mortar of a rapid housing unit.
Those are two challenges with the RHI.
With regard to the URN strategy, again, we've seen nothing. When we consulted with CMHC just a week ago, my concern was the notion that the money that would be allocated in budget 2022.... What would we do in our engagement sessions?
You yourselves just referenced a HUMA standing committee that was evidenced almost two years ago. The recommendations are there. The path has been laid. We don't need any more engagement. We need an investment. I'm really, really hoping that the budget isn't about further engagement but is about investment.