Thank you, Chair.
Welcome, Minister.
Now, as my memory is failing me, I don't recall that being unanimous, Mr. Strahl.
Minister, my riding of Bonavista—Burin—Trinity has 256 communities, some of them very small, down and along the coastline, and many peninsulas and so on. Since 2015 we've been fortunate to have had 221 project approvals through Infrastructure Canada, as it's really helpful for these rural communities like mine to have access to infrastructure programming. Otherwise, things wouldn't get done.
Minister, can you, tell us more about how the federal government is helping small and rural communities access funding across the country?