I always prefer to be optimistic. It is true that we are have a clear and serious lack of resources, but we continue to work closely with central organizations like the Treasury Board. I feel that they are aware that this program lacks resources. I cannot say that we are going to get more money in the immediate future, but that is always our expectation.
As the chief financial officer of our department, I can say that we are short on resources in several other areas of our capital budget. I think that this committee is aware of the situation. It is not as if we had the flexibility to transfer funds from one program to another, for example.
I would like to repeat one thing that I said at the beginning: the deputy minister is well aware of this program. I have personally spent a number of hours with her explaining the problems and briefing her on the challenges. She considers the program one of the department's key priorities. I hope that she will have a lot to say when we appear next time. That will be on December 5, I believe.