Human Resources committee  As I said, the amount is $732 million over three years. That includes the north, Inuit communities and those living on reserves.

Human Resources committee  Thank you for your question. If I turn to my previous comments, there's an investment of $732 million to meet as much as possible the housing needs on reserve, in Inuit and northern communities. Also, just to add on affordable housing, under the social component under budget 2016, we have a total of $1.48 billion that we are investing for affordable housing.

Human Resources committee  Thank you for the question once again. In the context of reserves, as I mentioned, there is an amount of $732 million for the needs of Inuit, those in the north and those on reserves. If you are interested, I can provide you with the figures for the reserves only. Under the current mechanism, we transfer money from our department to the Department of Indigenous and Northern Affairs' budget.

Human Resources committee  Yes, we do have $2 billion set aside for northern and rural communities. On top of that, those communities could also take advantage of the funding that you find under social infrastructure and some of the other elements of the infrastructure plan moving forward.

Human Resources committee  I don't have answers to that, to be honest. What I can tell you is that the infrastructure bank is one of many tools that will be available to proponents to access innovative financing. At the end of the day, the bank will be there to look at trying to support those projects where we could actually bring private sector money to the table.

Human Resources committee  Certainly, the total investment we're making under phase one of the infrastructure plan through budget 2016 does amount to approximately $3.5 billion. Under that, we have money set aside for water and waste water on reserve, which is approximately $1.1 or $1.2 billion. There's also $400 million set aside for waste management, solid waste management on reserve.

Human Resources committee  That's for community health facilities on reserve; for example, nursing stations. There's $732 million for housing needs on reserve in Inuit communities and for the north. In addition to that, there's $129 million for the repair and renovation of indigenous early learning and child care facilities; $77 million for cultural and recreational facilities on reserve; and $10 million for shelters for victims who are fleeing violence.

Human Resources committee  Good morning, Mr. Chair, and thank you for inviting me to speak before you today. I am pleased to note that the committee is conducting a study of “planning, infrastructure building as a poverty reduction strategy, accessible and affordable transit, community support networks, and other new and innovative approaches”.