Mr. Speaker, at the conference we had with the provincial governments in June, I discussed with the premiers the possibility of continuing the infrastructures program next year.
Since then, the federal Minister of Finance has met his provincial colleagues or will be meeting them to discuss what should be done to ensure we get results. We do not want this to be a substitute for normal expenditures by municipalities.
Furthermore, the minister directly responsible for the infrastructures program, the President of the Treasury Board, has met the municipal affairs ministers. I think progress is being made. In fact, I made the offer myself in June, and at the time, a number of premiers took a negative position. It seems they may have changed their minds during the summer.
The ministers are working on this, and we hope to be able to find common ground.