Mr. Chair, overall, I would say there are complexities around remoteness and building seasons, and complexities of programs and existing infrastructure in communities that impact the water system. From a high-level perspective, those are some of the key impacts.
In a post-COVID pandemic situation, we're in a different place where we have communities that were shut down during COVID for the protection of their members. That has brought some different complexities in delays, cost overruns or even the measures that needed to take place to have contractors in and out of the community in a time of a global pandemic. That's another complexity that has come into play.
I would say that, when I look down the list of every single water advisory that is left, I see that sometimes it's a trucking issue, sometimes it's a sewer plant issue and sometimes it's flooding or a fire that has impacted the water treatment plant. Right now, we have a huge issue with labour availability and even some of the parts required for construction.
There are a number of complexities involved. That's why I think that the action plan that goes community by community and paints out the realities of that community and the long-term goal, what some of the potential short-term fixes are and how to move them to final completion, is really important and part of the government's action plan.