Thank you, Madam Chair. I think some of this discussion is important because it's all been done, to this point, behind closed doors, and people haven't heard about the Mortgage Investment Corporation. I think we have to keep that in mind.
Personally, I think this is something I can support. We have precious little else on the horizon that I can see in terms of generating any kind of alternatives to the housing situation that we do have where there's a desperate shortage.
As my colleague for the Mackenzie Delta said about the ratio of five to one, I think that if the money can be found from the private sector and with the guarantees that all $5 million won't be spent unless we find offsetting private money, at a ratio of five to one, I think it's a worthwhile investment; therefore, I will be supporting this motion.
But I think it's also very important that the people know about the fruits of our hard labour the last few months, behind the doors here, that this is an issue that has great potential.