I would not say there was a lack of respect for the municipalities. Had I been the minister responsible, I would have launched the stimulus program with a date for completing the work. There obviously had to be one.
That said, I think it's important to consider afterwards who will be delivering the plan and what practical difficulties they may encounter from day to day in delivering it. And the reason I'm here this morning is to let you know that, in terms of the day-to-day delivery of the plan, even though we subscribed to a theoretical deadline for completion of the work, in practice, some of us simply will not be able to manage it. And that is the case even though there has been no bad faith and no laziness on anybody's part. We would basically be penalized for our good faith. I think it would be a cruel blow to the municipalities were they penalized for the good faith they showed, through their desire to support economic recovery and the fundamental goal that all governments must have, which is to provide a better quality of life to all citizens everywhere.