Well, I would offer up that this program has committed almost $4 billion to infrastructure projects to help the fluidity and resiliency of transportation corridors, but very little has been spent so far—only around $700 million or so, or about 20%. There are very few projects—I think only 30—that have been completed out of the 181 that have been approved so far, so it is still early days.
What we did find when it came to results measurement was that Transport Canada did not include good measures to look at outcomes. They were measuring what I'll say are outputs, like the number of roads or an extra port added. They recognized that and have designed new measures for the outcome. They're using them now in some of the newer agreements that are signed—the most recent nine agreements include those new ones—but it's not too late to go back to make sure that going forward, Transport Canada gathers the information to know whether or not the funds invested will improve the fluidity of the corridors.
These projects are lengthy, and it will take time to show results, so you need to track trends over many years. It's time to make sure recipients of funding understand their commitment back to the government to demonstrate there's been improvement in the corridors.