Mr. Speaker, the funds are flowing slower than they were spelled out to flow in the 2007 budget.
Here is what the government's own numbers say have gone out: only 36% of the gateways and border crossings budget; only 27% of the money earmarked for major infrastructures and small communities; only 20% of the provincial and territorial base funding; and only 13% for the Asia-Pacific gateway and the corridor initiatives. It is pathetic. The Conservatives cannot get the money out of the door.
Is it because the Conservatives really do not believe it should be spent at all that they have their foot on the brakes?