Thank you, Madam Chair. The usage of this program is primarily in rural and remote communities. They are the ones most active in using it. Since we rolled it out in 2017-2018, we are up to about 134 eligible people who have used it. Out of that, it has only been used in Yellowknife one time. Thank you, Madam Chair.

Thank you, Madam Chair. Certainly, the whole construction industry has seen an increase in material costs. Lumber went up 70 percent. It is impacting our budgets. I think what we have to do is we have to be diligent when we do our tendering and making sure that we get the right tenders out. Sometimes, we have to change the project design. It could be design things where we have to modify the design to reduce cost. It is a fluid thing.

Going to the federal government, they will be reimbursing us for our investment that we put into the repair program that we had for COVID. That's a good, positive thing. Some of that money will be put back into the system, back into our infrastructure programming to make sure that we have sufficient money for our contracts. We will have to build a case, continue to build a case, to maybe have an ask for the federal government to reimburse us for the increased costs. Every jurisdiction in the country is faced with it. Us in the North, we see it probably more dramatic than southern Canada, for sure. Yes, it is a good point the Member is raising, and we certainly will have to look into that. Thank you, Madam Chair.

Thank you, Madam Chair. I believe it would be safe to say that about 90 percent of that program is subscribed during the winter months for heating and plumbing issues primarily. Thank you, Madam Chair.

Thank you, Madam Chair. The answer is: yes, it would, if the cost was $10,000 or less. However, we have a major repair program that could be used for that purpose, as well, that has a larger budget in it. Thank you, Madam Chair.