Thank you very much, Mr. Chair.
Good afternoon, Madam Minister. It is a pleasure to see you. First, let me congratulate you on your French. It is always nice to hear you answer questions in French.
Madam Minister, your mandate letter seems to be very elaborate. There are many things, many objectives and, unfortunately, many slogans. However, it does not have many tangible actions and measures showing how you are going to achieve all that. That seems a bit contradictory to me because, in terms of infrastructure, what you have managed to do as a government since 2015 does not necessarily measure up to the promises made, particularly during the 2015 election campaign.
In your mandate letter, one thing concerns me in particular. You say that: “Funds that are not designated for specific approved projects by the end of 2021 will be reinvested directly in communities through a top up of the federal Gas Tax Fund.”
Is that not an acknowledgement that your government has failed, because you are not able to carry out projects and agree with the provinces to ensure that the money goes directly to where it is supposed to go?