Mr. Speaker, if he recognizes that demand is so great, why did the minister not simply put more money into the existing program? That would have been faster.
Is the real purpose of this foundation not to interfere in Quebec's areas of responsibility and create more squabbles and additional delays, when it would have been so much simpler, faster and preferable to invest directly in infrastructure to jump start the economy? There are needs; all he had to do was put money towards them.