Thank you, Mr. Chair.
The motion that I'm introducing reads as follows:
That the committee immediately produce an interim report to the House related to its study of the March 31, 2011 deadline for infrastructure stimulus projects and that the report read as follows: The Committee recommends that the Government move immediately to extend the stimulus deadline by 6 months for all projects across Canada.
I think, Mr. Chair, the motion speaks for itself. There are many municipalities out there with projects that won't be completed. They don't have certainty and they can't do their planning, so we think that the simplest and most sensible thing to do is to grant a blanket extension of six months for all municipalities. It won't mean that the government is committing any more money than it already has, and it's not as if unemployment is going to drop dramatically in the next six months.
For all these reasons and more, we think it is a good idea, so that is the proposal before the committee.