We could take that reasoning even further, Minister.
I'm confused. If there was an urgency to get this money out there and get it working, why did you choose such a cumbersome model in order to work with the municipalities? The leader of our party, Jack Layton, has been up in the House asking why you didn't adopt a tried and true model such as the gas tax rebate to the municipalities, and simply give it to those municipalities and let them spend it on the list of priorities that they already have had established. We have about a 30-year deficit of infrastructure in most municipalities. There was no shortage of projects they could have got busy on right away. Why choose a model so cumbersome that it has led to real difficulties?