I would like to comment briefly on the green infrastructure fund. Maybe Mr. McCallum missed it, but it is actually a five-year program and not part of the stimulus package itself.
I want to compliment you. I heard from some Canadians, especially regarding the northwest transmission line, which is an investment in northern British Columbia. It was well received and is doing great things for cleaning up our environment, but also for investing in northwestern British Columbia. I understand that was an NDP riding, by the way.
I have also heard a lot of compliments on the Mayo B project--$71 million under the green infrastructure fund. Indeed, the Government of Yukon is pursuing that. I understand it has taken a few communities off diesel and has a return on investment for Canadian taxpayers of somewhere around eight years just on delivery costs of the diesel itself.
My questions are more for Mr. Merrifield on Marine Atlantic.
Before I get onto that, I just want to say congratulations on the extension of the infrastructure deadline. That has been well received by the FCM and other groups. It is not only fair, reasonable, and flexible; it is also practical, being at the end of the construction season. I thought that was very smart.
Minister Merrifield, you mentioned that Marine Atlantic was on life support before our government came into power in 2006. Can you explain a little more about that system of life support? I have had a lot of input from people from Atlantic Canada, not just on the constitutional requirement of the constitutional service, but also other parts of Marine Atlantic and other parts of delivery in that area between the different provinces.