I can take a run at this.
I also come from the kind of community and riding that's full of small towns and full of volunteerism. Also, I'm directly responsible for Alberta infrastructure, so I know of similar concerns that you would have in your community.
When it comes to the community component, we're accelerating it as quickly as we possibly can so that the municipalities, together with the provinces, together with us--it's sort of a follow-up on some on the dialogue that was happening--are all working together, because it's the same taxpayer base. We work together for communities and leverage as much money as we can to stimulate our economy, put Canadians to work, and build infrastructure that will sustain us into the future. If we do it smart, we'll do it in a way that will put us at the leading edge not only of infrastructure but of competitiveness into the 21st century. I think that is the goal of every small community. Every mayor I talk to wants the same thing, every provincial MLA wants the same sort of thing, and we certainly do.
We want to streamline these moneys so that we can get them out. To be honest, we're not too happy with it being as slow as it has been. That's why Minister Baird has gone to the lengths that he has done to streamline navigable waters, environmental studies, as well as some of the processes in place. It's so that these moneys can actually achieve that goal. It's not easy, but we're getting tremendous cooperation from our mayors, MLAs, and provincial counterparts.
Actually, we met in Vancouver with all the western provinces. It was a very productive meeting, with all of us on the same page. Municipalities as well as the provinces were all working as Canadians should work, which is with the ultimate goal of getting ourselves out of this situation and coming through it in as positive a way as we possibly can.