Thank you, Mr. Chair. I appreciate the opportunity--and the interjections.
Thank you for taking the time to come before this committee to outline the program and the process that was involved. I'm trying to put it in some perspective.
I see in your speaking notes that budget 2009 provided $20 million in each of two years to improve accessibility to federal buildings and $75 million over two years for the construction of social housing, and that approximately $9 billion is spent by the government on disability-related programs and services each year. So when you look at the amount of money that is being spent, what we have here is $45 million, which in that context is not a large amount spread over three years.
Given that and the objectives of the program, which were twofold, as I understand it, you wanted to fund some hard projects, small projects that dealt with things like ramps and the normal kinds of things that would allow for physical improvements to ensure access. Then the other part of the program was to deal with showcasing some flagship, or sample, or showcase projects to see what could be done.
Was that the underpinning of the program?