Thank you, Madam Speaker. My question is directed to the Minister of Municipal and Community Affairs. Madam Speaker, this is the fifth Minister to which I will be addressing this matter since the beginning of our term. This is with regard to the small settlements operations assistance program, financial operations for small communities. I have a number in my constituency which are not incorporated. They are organized under band council community government systems, and they are not viewed by this government to be funded, according to other groups in the north and other communities. We are dealing with fairness and equity here. People in small communities have been at a disadvantage since the beginning of this government, and it's not appropriate.
Last year, I heard that this department was going to do something about assisting the small communities through a small settlement operations assistance program, and I thought that was going along fairly well until this sudden reorganization happened in this department. I would like to ask the Minister if anything is going to be done in terms of a program such as the SOAP to help these small communities? Thank you.