Thank you, Mr. Chair, and I'll be splitting my time with Mr. Kram.
This government always seems to be focused primarily on how much money they can spend and how fast they can spend it. We see this in the federal budget and we see this within the department. However, if the only metric for success is how much money the government can spend, since the other ones are being revitalized, then it appears the government is falling down on that front too. The recent Auditor General's report said, and I quote:
We found that the programs contributing to the Investing in Canada plan were not spending their allocated funding on projects as quickly as planned.
I am hoping you can elaborate on the reason the money is not getting out the door as fast as government would like.