We have, in the green infrastructure fund, put forward over $170 million for six projects across Quebec, and 106 projects for $210 million through the economic action plan—a top-up, in fact, because we wanted to make sure we kept it going. We're watching the economy very closely. Through the Building Canada fund, another $175 million in base funding to Quebec. Through the major projects component of the Building Canada plan, another $1.5 billion to Quebec for 18 projects, and $210 million for projects in communities with fewer than 100,000 people to make sure we got the large cities and the smaller populations. There's $200 million for communities with fewer than 100,000 people, for seven more projects.
In fact, if I may, this is the government that actually doubled the gas tax funding, and currently $2.7 billion will be going to Quebec between the years 2007 and 2014. And this is the government that made that permanent, so that communities such as the ones you represent will have that continuous funding, and in fact we've doubled that funding.
So I just want to make that clear on the record, because I think it's very important to see that we have actually transformed as a government and as a country the funding mechanism for municipalities.
My question to you, sir, is have you ever seen so much money coming to municipalities and the provinces from the federal government for infrastructure funding? Have you ever seen this in the history? Because you've been here a long time, sir.