Thank you, Madam Chair. Madam Chair, just over the weekend, or week or whatever day it is, another water line went in my riding and it created a bunch of havoc and thank goodness that, even though they're on strike, the city workers did come out and take care of that. And I want to say thank you for that. Sorry, a lock out, as my colleague corrected me. And so therefore I would like -- yeah, I just want to say thank you to that.
And so when I look at the water and sewer services funding, and note that we're not increasing from last year and have actually decreased from the actuals of 2021-2022, can the Minister or department speak to whether or not there's a plan to increase that or other pots of funding municipalities and communities can be accessing to repair their crumbling infrastructure? Thank you.