Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman.
I'll begin by thanking all the witnesses for coming here this afternoon to join us and to help to edify us a little bit.
This question, by the way, is for Ms. Buckley, if I may.
Yesterday, my colleague from Madawaska—Restigouche, Jean-Claude D'Amours, received an e-mail from his riding with a concern about the eco-energy program.
I'm going to read you a little bit from this message:
I take the trouble to write to you about the federal share of the Eco-Energy program. Here is my situation:
Last fall, I replaced the windows of my house. I followed the steps required to ask for the reimbursement of eligible expenditures. In October, I forwarded the required information for the provincial program and for the federal program. Within six weeks, I had received the reimbursement from the provincial government, and that is when things started to fail.
Today is February the 25th and I have still not received one cent from the federal government. I followed up three times with the company that carried out the tests in my house. Each time, I got the same answer: “Be patient, sir, your cheque will arrive soon”. Yesterday, I once again called Mrs. Anne Bourque, from that company, who told me that the federal government was out of money. That all the funds for this program had been spent without all the expenditures being reimbursed! So, she seemed to imply that my check had been authorized and that it is probably...