One of the previous witnesses said that it seemed priority was being given to shovel-ready projects, rather than to those that still had to be developed, owing to their complexity.
I know this was not part of your presentation, but you have done a lot of research on equalization. I have a few questions about that.
We often hear that provinces such as Alberta and Saskatchewan are currently funding Quebec's social programs through equalization. What do you think about these regularly made statements? When talking about Quebec and Ontario—which also receives equalization payments—people say that those provinces' social programs are funded in this manner.