Mr. Speaker, the minister should check his own budget, at page 178.
Cutting this fund by 87% makes no sense. The finance department itself says that infrastructure funding is the most cost-effective way to drive future growth. Investments now capture low interest rates and transform that value into long-term capital assets, but the vast majority of the building Canada fund is postponed. Three-quarters of it will not happen until after 2019, and municipalities cannot get answers.
I ask again, of the small amount that is available, how much is earmarked specifically for Fort McMurray?