Thank you very much to my critic for his question.
We provided the Parliamentary Budget Officer with an itemized list of more than 33,000 projects that we fund directly; another 20,000 projects that we support through block funding, such as the gas tax fund; and some CMHC projects.
Let's be clear. Part of the challenge was written by the Conservatives themselves. If you look at the 10-year agreement the Conservatives signed on the gas tax fund in 2014, it does not require provinces to provide detailed reporting on each project or its outcomes. In fact, Quebec isn't required to do project-by-project reporting at all.
I want to thank my team, including Kelly, the deputy, and the whole Infrastructure Canada team, who had to go across government, make sure that we reported on projects and find projects in the provinces so that we could properly report.
We need to fix this. That's something I am committed to, because we obviously need to get a full accounting. However, I can tell you that if you go to any city or town across the country, people will tell you how much these projects are making a difference in their communities.