I did not participate in the negotiations on the Quebec agreement, because my colleague, Lawrence Cannon, was Minister of Transport at the time. The Building Canada Initiative is a plan for this year. The stimulus fund will spread out over the next 25 months. A pre-condition to obtaining funds is that projects must begin as soon as possible, and be completed within 25 months. There is no doubt that there are enough projects. I can simply go through the correspondence I've received from Quebec in recent months to choose projects that will stimulate the Quebec economy. However, by working with municipalities, provinces, cultural institutions, we can make more headway.
On February 12th, 2009. See this statement in context.