I do agree with Mr. Ignatieff when he said very strongly in Vancouver—and I think he was wise in this respect—that it wouldn't make much sense to be passing judgment in May on a plan that was just started in April. It will snowball.
To give you a few examples, I can tell you about Highway 97, Stormy Road North, in the province of British Columbia; the construction has already begun there. I can tell about Highway 77 from Deasum Creek to the Northwest Territories border; the tender is being released shortly and the contractors are already being hired.
The good news is that things are happening. There are projects that are going. That will snowball every day, every week, every month, and we'll be reporting back to Parliament in June, as Parliament requested, and I think that's a good idea.
There's no doubt that when you work with partners you have to conclude agreements, and we've done it 10 times faster than it was ever done before. I'm confident you'll see a rather sharp curve every day, every week, and every month as we go forward. The specifics on what are thousands of different projects will be coming.
You raised a concern and a problem with the Building Canada Fund, and I'm going to agree with you. Both MRIF and CSIF, done by the Martin government, and the Building Canada Fund by our government took an inordinate amount of time to develop agreements with the provinces and then to identify projects. I think concerns and criticisms in some respects are fair. We've moved 10 times faster in working with the provinces and municipalities. And in the absence of just going it alone or just giving money to the municipalities, we'll be able to create three times as many—