Mr. Speaker, I thank the hon. member for giving me the opportunity to bring some good news to members of the House.
The program is up and operating in record breaking time. It is now at a point where we have approved 200 projects worth $300 million. To date 5,000 jobs are to be created by those projects, which puts us well on the path toward the 90,000 jobs we have projected will be created by the program.
There are people now being employed in engineering and design work. There are tenders being called. There are construction workers who will soon be getting out and getting shovels into the ground so we can get Canadians back to work.