Mr. Speaker, there are several federal initiatives that support remediation and redevelopment of urban brownfield sites.
For example, there are the green municipal funds provided by the Federation of Canadian Municipalities. Brantford is a member of FCM. The FCM provides loans to municipalities for remediation of brownfield sites and is currently funding a number of projects. The FCM has just recently issued another call for proposals to municipalities throughout Canada.
The Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation is supporting redevelopment of brownfield sites through its residential mortgage insurance program.
The federal government is putting its own house in order with regard to contaminated sites and brownfield sites.
We enthusiastically support others doing the same.