Somebody decided that these two were better than the rest, whether it was done through a grading process or whether it was done politically or through a decision made by the government. Two out of 89 got it, but others were quite good projects that would have qualified for funding had there been more money or had the $30 million been divided into 30 projects or 20 projects.
On June 18th, 2009. See this statement in context.