Mr. Speaker, the national infrastructure program put in place by our government will soon be two years old. All regions of this country have enjoyed the significant benefits of this program, which not only made it possible to modernize municipal facilities but also created an impressive number of jobs.
In Quebec, this program created over 25,000 new jobs in connection with 1,882 projects. To date, in excess of $436 million was injected into the various projects by federal, provincial and municipal governments.
The national infrastructure program also showed that the various levels of government can co-operate when they really want to. It is a good example of a successful and effective program, and we are quite proud of it.