I shall ask for a quick response, because I have a notice of motion that I'd like to present as part of my question. But I'll make just one quick comment.
In the presentation, Mr. Wouters, you talked about part of the responsibility being to inform Canadians using the project map website. I will reiterate that we are wholly supportive of that. I am disturbed by the comments that it is so understaffed and under-budgeted, because we really would love to see information the way the United States is giving information to its population, about projects actually being funded, not just announced, jobs being created other than jobs for sign-makers.
In the U.S., the recovery.gov website has an incredible amount of detailed information, not just announcements, not just commitments. I wholly support this.
My question, though, relates to the billboards and the expected continuing expenditures. From the piece this morning, we understand that the government has already installed close to 2,500 billboards and that another 4,000 have been ordered. Three weeks ago on a television panel, I had an exchange with a member of the Conservative government and raised the point that we understood billboards were being planned. He said there was no such plan; that there was no plan to put up billboards advertising the economic action plan.
Clearly that's not correct. Clearly there is a billboard campaign. Can somebody please confirm that it is in fact correct that, in addition to 2,500, another 4,000 have been ordered, and give some idea of the cost of the anticipated continuing rollout of billboard advertising?