Thank you, Madam Chair. It's always an issue, how much do we put in for repair and maintenance. This fund for maintenance and repairs is meant for preventative repairs to make sure the houses are maintained at a good level. The challenge we always have is we do spend more money than we want on tenant damages and that eats into it.
We could, and this is one I have made a note of, we will look at it in future years. Do we need to bump up this amount of money more? Right now, we give them the same kind of increases we do for a government. For example, for all the wages, all the salary costs, we've given three percent. If it's not enough, it is an issue we have to deal with.
The issue on heating fuel, that we've covered the actual cost. If the heating costs go up, then we will cover either through the Housing Corporation or ECE through the subsidy. That isn't an issue that the LHOs or the people would have to be too worried about.
In terms of working with the steering committee, Madam Chair, the Member asked if Mr. Polakoff would give a summary of how things were working out and their dialogues. Thank you.