Thank you very much.
And to my honourable colleague, I think the PBO would have included a lot of information if the political direction had been given to give him the necessary information and he had been able to have the meeting to actually hash out those points.
The massive costs of building these new prisons and putting people in jail is difficult when crime is going down. Perhaps it goes to Mr. Stockwell Day's point of unreported crime.
But my point I'd like to get to right now is the infrastructure stimulus fund and I'll talk a little bit about that, if I may. You note in your earlier comments, the comments you brought to the table, that there is a risk. You've “identified a noticeable delay in project start and end dates against the original projections”. You said there are potential risks of projects not being completed at the deadline, and as you know, that has been a topic of concern. And I know that my other honourable colleague did ask you a little bit about that at the beginning of this meeting. Perhaps you could elaborate.
The worst-case scenario you defined is a tremendous number: 1,814 projects may not be completed. Being fair, that was the worst-case scenario, with the potential lapse from the federal government of $500 million. I know you're doing analysis now, based on the third report card, but because you have a great understanding of this, where do you think we are today? And I know you don't have all the data at this point to give me a final summation, but where are we? With the best-case scenario or the worst-case scenario, where do you think we are at today's date?