Thank you, Mr. Chair.
My question is for Messrs. Cunningham and Gratton.
Mr. Paillé was saying earlier that project costs were rising owing to the March 31 deadline. When I was a mayor, I completed countless projects in four years in my municipality, and I never had any date-related constraints. It's not about the deadline. For some projects that I or the municipality completed, there were cost overruns for all kinds of reasons that had nothing to do with a deadline.
The Canadian government says that in terms of agreements with the provincial and municipal governments, integrity and mutual respect play a key role in the completion of those projects. I would like to hear your thoughts about that.
As municipally elected representatives, we sign an agreement, accept the well-defined terms, such as the program deadline, and decide to complete our projects. There are those who meet those objectives and those who cannot meet them for various reasons. How do you feel about that?