Mr. Minister, all of the municipalities do not have the budget surpluses they need to commit funding as of now. There are often borrowing by-laws, time limits, political decisions to be made. Your fourth reports says this:
The Government has set a deadline of January 29, 2010, by which time provinces and territories must commit all remaining funds. This will ensure that uncommitted stimulus funding can be put to work quickly for the benefit of all Canadians.
That means that funds might not be spent, in Quebec, in cases where cities do not have enough time to submit their application. Those funds would go to the rest of Canada.