One area that I think is being considered or looked at—and certainly we had responses in multiple areas from the call for concepts—is public health. Again, we can think about some very complex public health issues that maybe need more innovative solutions. We have examples of innovation sometimes being able to tackle those kinds of issues.
As well, there are areas related to citizenship and immigration, so our colleagues at Citizenship and Immigration Canada are looking at ways to finance different aspects of their work. Could they use models—not necessarily social impact bonds but other funding models, for instance—in immigrant integration and settlement?
There is already an innovation out there related to that, a microloan program for new Canadians who are seeking to get accreditation in the country but can't necessarily afford to take all the tests that are sometimes required to do that. They bring in an accreditation from their home country. There is already a program that falls within the realm of social finance that's doing that, so that's an example.
I think there is interest among some first nations at looking at the potential of social finance to help them develop certain parts of business on reserve, housing on reserve, so those are areas we're exploring.