On that, we have had conversations with the minister and the senior officials. Our understanding is that they have indicated that the federal funds are available and eligibility will not be dependent on the commencement of the projects afterwards. In other words, they're willing to accept the retroactivity that we've asked for, but it gets bogged down because of the federal–provincial agreement that's required, with most provinces saying they have to go to their treasury departments first before they're prepared to make that commitment. So we're caught in that lengthy process you referred to earlier, when you get down to negotiating the final details around the financial commitments of both parties.
On February 15th, 2007. See this statement in context.