Thank you, Mr. Chair. I just have one comment to make with this expenditure. It’s that this dollar amount has stayed the same for too long. I’ve mentioned this before. The needs of

communities are constantly increasing. I know the needs of this government are increasing, as well, but I would urge the Minister to do what he can to get this amount for capital infrastructure in our communities increased.

We have devolved a lot of buildings to our communities through the New Deal over the years. Many of them were not new buildings; they were the older buildings. Therefore, they either need operations and maintenance upkeep or some of them will need replacing.

Expenditures increase every year. Nothing gets cheaper; it always gets more expensive. I would like to suggest that this number needs to be increased. It’s not going to happen in this budget year, but I would hope for 2016-17 that we would see an increase in the amount of capital expenditures for our communities. Thank you.