I guess we have agreement now that we're all happy that you're able to save costs.
This is one of the leanest and best-run departments in the government. You continue to make improvements in the operations, and to provide the same high-quality service to the Canadian taxpayer at a lower price, and we congratulate you for that.
Ms. Chow was asking about the municipality's ability to finance water treatment. I have in front of me some statistics about federal funding for provincial, territorial, and municipal infrastructure. It shows that 15 years ago the federal government provided almost no funding whatsoever for municipal, provincial, and territorial infrastructure. The federal dollar contribution has now risen to $9 billion in the year 2010. It was an absolutely massive increase in transfers for provincial, municipal, and territorial infrastructure.
Can the members of the panel today comment on whether municipalities can use any of that money for water treatment?