She's quite excited at this point, Mr. Chair, and thank you.
Several questions come to mind. I heard you say you're from New Brunswick. I was born in Plaster Rock, New Brunswick. I lived in a house without running water, so I have a sensitivity to loading up the car, filling the pails to bring home, and the caution that was needed to be taken to ensure that your water supply was fit for use. Of course, that's almost 100 years ago now--pardon my joking. I turn 60 next week, but that's okay. When you say elders, I just look around.
I love to kid about things, but we all know how serious this is. You mentioned that there are 500 homes to be connected. Will the water supply system that is there now be able to handle that, or do we have to make significant changes? There's one question.
I don't recall hearing much about sewage. Will that be part of the infrastructure that goes in? I presume it will be.
Another question that came to mind is we talked about the capital dollars around the school, and I think the figure was $18 million, if I remember correctly, and you were bringing in the banks to help with that. Is there any reason the federal government couldn't step up and move that money sooner rather than bring in the banks? We're great fans of banks, as people have probably heard these days.
The other thing is, in the context of the other 10 communities you were referring to, can this strategy be broadened? Will the applications that are going to take place in this one committee apply across...? Although we have $1 billion involved, if we had more cash, could we move faster? Even though it's a significant amount, is the lack of dollars a problem?