Mr. Speaker, that is pure rhetoric on the part of my colleague.
Here are the actual numbers. Not only was the building Canada fund cut by 87% in one year, but none of the money will be disbursed until 2019. The building Canada fund is $14 billion for 2014 to 2023, but $10.2 billion of that, or 73%, will be unavailable until 2019.
Why is the government holding onto three-quarters of the funding until 2019 when we need that investment and those jobs now?