Thank you, Mr. Chair, and thanks to our guests for coming today.
I'm going to focus on the Federation of Municipalities. I was a councillor for 13 years so I have a few questions.
I appreciate that the ACEC and the CCA are here, and the comments on job creation from the Construction Association, after the budget was released, that every billion dollars invested means more than 11,500 jobs. I also appreciate the comments this morning about getting things going.
If I'm hearing you correctly, you're looking for us to take action and get things passed. Just like in a municipal budget, you don't authorize your staff to be out doing things before your municipal budget gets passed. Is that not correct? So you would like to see us get this stimulus package passed through the House of Commons and the Senate as quickly as possible so stimulus money can start to flow. Is that correct?