In the province of British Columbia we announced more than a quarter of a billion dollars worth of projects where the green light is happening. Whether it's Highway 4 west of Port Alberni, Highway 97 from Cody Road to Australian, the Surrey-Bridgeview sewer system, engineering consultants, architects, or contractors, there's a lot of action, and as every day goes by there'll be more action.
I want my officials, my office, and my department to have all hands on deck to identify with provinces and municipalities, give the green light to federal projects, and push through the paperwork so the provinces and municipalities that hold the shovels in about 95% of cases can do their work.
I am not going to take officials off the job to have a tote board. We respect the fact that Parliament asked for an update in June, and they'll get one. The Government of Canada must maintain the confidence of the House of Commons every single day in order to do that, and thus far we've been doing that for more than three years.