Thank you, Mr. Chair. I'm trying to be as short as possible because the Minister has heard a number of our colleagues talk here. So my big concern is the municipal funding shortfall. We're talking about $20-million-plus, and that seems to be a huge issue that we still haven't dealt with. If we're having this carry-over year after year after year, maybe that's something that we need to be looking at as putting funding into the municipal governments to help them deal with their capital needs and issues as we move forward. So that should be addressed.
I do have some concerns with housing and some of the challenges there, but, again, I know it's just information here, but I'd just like to make sure the Minister is aware of that. At that point, I guess my other big issue is the infrastructure, and we talk roads, but again, it's the isolated, small communities in the riding I represent that need some work done, and, when I'm talking about work, we're not talking about chipsealing; we're talking about being able to utilize the roads. That's what I'm hearing from the communities. I hear from three in particular, Jean Marie, Sambaa K'e, and Nahanni Butte. They're just trying to access, whether it's seasonal or all year round, and they need some work done to those roads, so I'm hoping that the government can look at that and move forward.
I do have to give the government credit. This is the biggest capital investment that seems to have hit the Assemblies here, so I do have to thank the government for looking at that, but, again, there are some shortfalls in some areas, and I'll have questions for the particular departments as we move forward. Thank you, Mr. Chair.