Thanks to all three of you for being here today.
I want to move away from what we heard, to the purpose of this study. The purpose of the study was for the committee to examine the progress of infrastructure projects to date, the obstacles to the implementation of the projects, and the progress of expenditures in the investing in Canada plan. The Parliamentary Budget Officer, in the report he released, expressed some concern that only half of the $14 billion in phase one has been allocated to projects. Growth has been significantly lower, in terms of our GDP and job creation.
I'd like to ask each one of the three of you, and I'll start with Mayor Iveson, what would be your assessment of the progress on the infrastructure projects and, also, what are some of the obstacles that have been encountered?