In fact, Mr. Laframboise, thank you for your shrewd comments on the Liberals' intentions. I share your opinion.
When we arrived in power, I met with the members of the Federation of Canadian Municipalities. At that time, the apprehended infrastructure deficit was $60 billion. So we built a program around objectives that it requested of us. They asked us for predictable, long-term funding, and they asked us for flexibility.
The components of the Building Canada program contained these objectives. There is the gasoline tax, extended to seven years, which allows for better planning of financial needs. There's the flexibility that Quebec and the other provinces demanded, that is to say $25 million a year for the next seven years, or $175 million. There's also an equal partnership. For example, if Quebec decides to invest in the rebuilding and rehabilitation of its roads and bridges across the province, it is free to use those funds to do so.