Madam Speaker, I have a question for my colleague. I find he is given to contesting the content of this budget implementation bill, but, as we know, the Conservatives will support it. I therefore have a bit of a hard time with his message, especially with regard to the infrastructure program and the sharing of the gasoline tax, when, in the budget speech, which I have in my hands, the minister said, and I quote:
—5¢ per litre, or $2 billion, in 2009-10, and continuing thereafter indefinitely.
So the principle was that the cities would have an indefinite deal. Bill C-43 before us, however, provides:
For the fiscal year 2005-2006, pursuant to the Government of Canada’s five-year initiative commonly known as “A New Deal for Cities and Communities”—
The budget speech referred to an indefinite deal, which would continue on, and I repeat the quote, “—continuing thereafter indefinitely—” but the bill refers to a five-year plan, that is a plan for five years.
Does my colleague still agree with what C-43 is proposing compared with what the budget speech proposed?