Thank you, Mr. Chair. I appreciate what I see as part of the intent of my colleague’s motion here, which is that, even though we have a new deal and we’ve transferred a lot of responsibilities to communities, there still is an important role for Municipal and Community Affairs in providing expertise and so on. I think they’re aware of that. This is an attempt to engage some of that expertise in a way that helps communities achieve their goals.

I think there have been important issues raised by the Minister, that there is funding available for this. That’s the extent of my remarks. I just wanted to recognize part of the intent there.

There’s one thing I would assume this motion to include, which I would really support, and that’s a report from MACA that looks at the communities where this has been done and reports on the success of that program and the gains or the difficulties that have been encountered in that program to date.