I'm going to try to fit in two questions. Minister, I hope you'll be brief.
Page 50 of the budget says, “$1 billion available directly to municipalities to support urgent infrastructure needs that will directly enable housing supply.”
There are several rural communities in northwest B.C. that need to replace their waste-water systems. I think of Port Clements on Haida Gwaii and Fort St. James.
There are two aspects to this question. One is how you define “directly enabling housing supply”, recognizing that communities also have infrastructure deficits and failing waste-water systems.
Second, what is the timing on this billion-dollar fund, and how can communities access it?