Madam Speaker, with respect to the infrastructure issue and the motion before us today, it is important to have accountability, so the NDP will support the motion.
With respect to infrastructure programming, it is very difficult for smaller communities and municipalities to come up with that one-third funding. To that end, I wonder whether the government has contemplated adjustments to that infrastructure requirement.
In terms of soft infrastructure, one of the key issues for my community in Vancouver East, of which I am very proud, is that we have the largest number of artists per capita in the country. We are in need of great infrastructure in the cultural and artistic community. We are losing studios at such a rapid rate that many of the independents—