Thank you. Member for Frame Lake.

Thanks, Madam Chair. Yes, I appreciate that. Is there any specific work that the Housing Corporation has done or is interested in doing with wood chips as opposed to wood pellets? Wood chips, I think that is the way we have to go here. Thanks, Madam Chair.

Thank you. Minister.

Thank you, Madam Chair. As far as I know, we are just working with the wood pellets, and the wood chips would be something that we would have to have a further discussion about. Thank you, Madam Chair.

Thank you. Member.

Thanks, Madam Chair. I want to encourage the Housing Corporation to be a little bit more proactive on this front and not just sit back and wait for somebody to come to you. If you have a new four-plex you are setting up in a community that does have potential access to wood chips, look at it as a potential. Do it as a pilot project. I am sure you could partner with Aurora Research Institute and Arctic Energy Alliance. I think there would be money out there to do that kind of stuff, so I want to encourage you guys to be a little bit more innovative and look at doing a pilot project with wood chips. Thanks. That is all I have got. Thanks, Madam Chair.

All right. Thank you, Member. Minister, did you have any last comments?

No comments. Thank you.

I think we are going to take a break here, and then we will resume and finish up this department and then have the last item. Thanks.

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I call committee back to order. Committee, we are continuing on with finance and infrastructure services, and I have Member for Yellowknife North.

Thank you, Madam Chair. I'm hoping committee can indulge me for a bit in that I want to speak a bit about the infrastructure investment for the Housing Corporation. I note we get their capital budget in the fall, but it's kind of an information item. This is where their capital budget is now set. Can I just have a bit of an explanation? This year, we spent $47 million on capital, or the Housing Corporation did, but they are budgeting $10 million. Can I have a bit of an explanation for that decrease in infrastructure investment? Thank you.

Thank you. Minister.

Thank you, Madam Chair. I'll have Vice-President Martin respond. Thank you.

Thank you. Mr. Martin.

Thank you. Member for Yellowknife North.

I don't know exactly how to answer this, but one of the problems I struggle with is that we pass the Housing Corporation operations budget. Then they go away and decide what their capital budget is, and $10 million, I think everyone would agree, including the Housing Corporation, is not enough. I recognize that what happens is then we try to find extra money, but can I get a sense of, once we pass this budget here, what the Housing Corporation is actually going to spend on capital? I believe, every year, we actually end up finding more money somehow, but I want to know what that number is projected to be by passing this budget. Thank you.

Thank you. Minister.

Thank you, Madam Chair. I'll have Vice-President Martin respond. Thank you.

Thank you. Mr. Martin.

Thank you. Member for Yellowknife North.

Thank you, Madam Chair. Yes. I just wish that we would have more capital and build more buildings. Can I get a bit of an update on the Arnica and whether the Housing Corporation expects to spend that money that is allotted for the co-investment fund, and whether they expect the CMHC to actually come through and finish that deal? Thank you, Madam Chair.