Thank you, Mr. Chairman. There has been a lot of changes in this new government. We aren't working with the same funding from the federal government. The capital plans that used to be done were done with a lot of money and we have had to make a lot of changes. I know that all the MLAs are aware of that. I am offering an option, as a MACA Minister, that through block funding, the communities can priorize their capital projects and meet the needs of their communities. When we are talking about a three-year block funding agreement and monthly funds going into the community, that isn't an equal amount of funding to the community each month. It would be different amounts as negotiated with the community. There is a clause where if the government doesn't have enough money in the second year, there would have to be a percentage cut to the block funding agreement. That is done one year at a time by the department.

We have made a lot of changes and my personal preference for an option would be that my communities get into block funding agreement, so they can priorize themselves. We aren't working with the same dollars as the government had before. Thank you.