Save it for March 17, which isn't that far away.
I mean this sincerely. I'm quite encouraged by the acknowledgement by the provinces and the territories, not only by the ministers of finance but by the leaders when they met in January in Ottawa with the Prime Minister, of the seriousness of the challenge we're facing. We need the provinces and territories to work with us on the infrastructure front because that's where the leverage comes from. So in this budget, for example, the leverage is about 1.5%; with the provinces it's 1.9% in the next fiscal year, and then in 2010, 1.1% federal, and then a total of 1.4%. That gives us, in cooperation with the provinces, 3.2% of GDP by way of stimulus over the course of the next two years. This is well above our commitment at the G20 level, and we want to keep our commitments because we want to show leadership again in the G20. Stimulus in one country, because we're all trading countries, produces more stimulus and complements the stimulus in another country.
So I'm very encouraged by the cooperative and collaborative view that the provinces and territories have taken. We are talking to each other about budget processes. As you know, the Province of British Columbia went ahead with its budget last week. The British Columbia budget contains substantial infrastructure stimulus. There are more budgets to come before too long. It's important for all Canadians that we work together.