Thank you very much, witnesses, Mr. Smillie, Mr. Cann, and Mr. Schumann, for being here.
This is the stimulus package study, and we wanted to listen to stakeholders because we wanted to know what was going on, on the ground, and you have given the committee sufficient information. I think the information has been very useful.
Nobody denies that stimulus funding is important, but this is about the rapidity with which the funding has to go out, so that the problems the construction industry or other stimulus areas are facing should not have to be faced, because it's a two-year deadline. We are looking at what the Parliamentary Budget Officer and the Federation of Canadian Municipalities have said and we will be looking at your recommendations as well, as we go forward with our report.
We are concerned that the $3 billion that “went out” probably has not gone out--the budget officer hasn't said so--so we will try our best to see what we can do on this side of the House and, together, how we can work.
Do you have any closing remarks to make before I suspend the committee?