Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Thank you very much for your attendance today.
You've mentioned “penalized” many times, and I have to say that the federal government, the provincial government of Quebec, and all the provinces made an agreement to finish by the end of March 2011. And every municipality actually signed an agreement as well to finish by March 31, 2011. I represent approximately geographically 30% of Alberta, but all my small municipalities told me bluntly they're not applying for some projects because they knew they couldn't finish. So it's not a penalty to fulfill the terms of an agreement. It's fulfilling the terms of an agreement that was well known, well documented, and agreed upon. So I just want to make sure that's on the record.
Now, there is another question I have for you, sir, and it will come after I talk about some things.
As part of this Conservative government's agenda, we have put forward $936 million from the infrastructure stimulus fund for 875 projects in Quebec.