Except that we're talking about billions of dollars that have not been spent, which, I will note, have in fact been announced, even if formally they haven't been committed. There have been announcements made; money has not flowed. There is a significant concern that on a number of those projects, a number of those announcements, or a number of those opportunities, the money simply was not spent. It was held back, noting that the Building Canada fund does involve ministerial discretion. A significant amount of money was not spent. Our concern was that despite the economic need, despite the deterioration of our economy, it was not spent in time for the end of this fiscal year because this government wanted to avoid a deficit.
On March 10th, 2009. See this statement in context.