Mr. Speaker, the minister has replied recently to a former question with respect to housing increases in Canada, some $50 million, which would include for example off-reserve aboriginal people.
In our department this year we are spending $160 million, an additional $20 million, $43 million of which is going to Manitoba, the member's own province. We are working very closely with a number of bands, namely the Peguis Indian reserve and Dakota Tipi for innovative housing projects which would involve also the infusion of private capital.