Mr. Speaker, there is no obligation on the part of any municipality to participate in this program. But I must tell him that we are inundated with requests from municipalities for information because they want to be a part of the program.
In their meeting with the Prime Minister on December 21 the 10 provincial premiers agreed to participate in this program.
They all want to be a part of it because they recognize the synergistic effect of bringing together three levels of government, and providing these infrastructure programs will help get people to work now.