Yes, well, to the socialist paradise of Manitoba, you're always welcome.
Let me tell you, though, Mr. Minister, that there's some fear that even though you're speaking about flexibility and fast-tracking, there are still silos of money that the infrastructure spending finds itself in, and it's leading to roadblocks, to rigidity, to red tape still. I'd ask you to extend this spirit of flexibility to accommodate some of these concerns. Perhaps giving you a specific would help you understand what I mean.
I represent a very low-income riding. Right in the heart of that riding is the University of Winnipeg. The University of Winnipeg is building a big recreation centre that will in fact have a skating rink, etc. If we wanted to avail ourselves of the arena funding--the skating rink funding that you spoke about as one of your spending priorities--we may run into a barrier. Namely, because it's part of a university, even though it's servicing the whole community, in fact the low-income community, you might send us somewhere else that doesn't have the same fast-tracking capability.
Can you give any assurance that you're willing to be even more flexible than the current plan seems to dictate in order to accommodate this kind of need? We have shovel-ready projects, in fact hammer-ready projects, that could start tomorrow with the kind of flexibility that's preferred by your office.