I can probably send you a list of projects that municipalities will have to support from their own money.
I just want to tell the members here that the federal government came out with an amount of money, saying
saying it was for economic recovery, to stimulate the recovery,
and we're going to use those funds for that purpose. In the end, if you don't give the municipalities their fair share, they'll be stuck with a part and will have to borrow. In Quebec they don't have reserve funds. They have to borrow that money.
I again stress the fact that 84% of municipal debt in Canada is in local municipalities in Quebec. We don't have the money to do it. In other words, the federal government would be saving some money, while stressing the debts of poor municipalities. What's the use, and what good is that for the country? Nothing good for the country comes out of that.