Thank you, Mr. Chair, and thank you to all of our witnesses for coming today.
I'm just looking at the Conference Board of Canada's website, and Manitoba is one of the provinces that is supposed to have greater than 2% GDP growth this year. It is a light in the country, especially given the grim outlook not only for Canada's economy but for the world economy. For that, I congratulate you all.
My first question is to the Association of Manitoba Municipalities. You spoke about infrastructure funding, and Manitoba has received $82 million in public transit infrastructure funding and $95 million in clean water in the first round. I totally recognize the fact that small cities weren't included in the phase one infrastructure funding. In phase two, the minister made a point of saying that the funding would be more permanent and more flexible to ensure a bottom-up approach because we recognize that municipalities have the talent and the knowledge to invest the money correctly. What is your organization doing? What are municipalities doing here to ensure that the money is spent correctly?