Very quickly, I think if we can get information that speaks to the kinds of disbursements and to how the disbursements are happening, my understanding is that we may get to see this type of information this week, because it'll have project start dates, project completion dates, levels of over-amounts of money. But I think that is one of the gaps between what we have available in Canada right now and what exists in the United States, and maybe we can close that gap in the fourth quarter, which would be very positive.
Just as background, as budget officers, we look at this in two ways.
One, the economy is very weak right now and we need the stimulus. There are lots of issues about the strength of the economy in the third quarter, in the fourth quarter, and even in 2010, so it's very important that we can provide to you the kind of impact that we see from this very large stimulus package.
Then a second point, from an oversight perspective, is whether these projects are moving forward, whether the money is going to good-quality projects. It's that kind of scrutiny that a committee like this and the public accounts often look at, so we look at it two ways. We're very interested, like you, in wanting to make sure the money flows, but that it flows in a proper way.