Mr. Speaker, we do have programs, as the finance minister has said, which have applied to municipalities for a long time. We are, for example, involved in housing and, through local organizations within the municipalities, in providing people with subsidized housing. There are all manner of programs, and always in collaboration with the provincial governments.
As far as the fiscal imbalance is concerned, we have of course succeeded in balancing budgets for the past seven years. As a result, today there are very low interest rates in Canada, and this does a great deal to help the municipalities and provincial governments service their debt.