Yes, you are absolutely right, Mr. Laframboise. The municipalities have always been the government's partners. I regularly recall with great satisfaction the fact that the federal and provincial governments finally understood that there was a problem with our infrastructure and created programs to deal with it. These programs are often difficult to manage and do not necessarily reflect our scheduling needs; instead, they consider principles. That being said, what you have described does reflect the current reality: municipalities agreed in good faith to participate in an economic stimulus plan, encountered difficulties along the way, and will now end up bearing the burden on their own, something which I consider to be completely unfair to the partners who are doing this work, and without which, no work would have gone ahead.
On June 10th, 2010. See this statement in context.