Madam Chair, I will direct my questions to the ADM.
Ms. Laroche, we saw that over 30% of the infrastructure funding committed in 2016 has lapsed, with most of it being shifted to 2018-19. This is forcing rural communities to play the wait-and-see game, and the government is really asking these communities to trust it.
Why wasn't the funding simply added to the gas tax fund, so that communities could quickly address current infrastructure issues rather than waiting?