Mr. Speaker, the federal government owns 2% of infrastructure in Canada and funds only 5%.
It sees itself as being at a higher level and feels it must take its time to approve everything and to put its big signs everywhere. All we are saying is that this causes delays. The consensus among the mayors of my riding and everywhere else in Quebec is that they want a lump-sum transfer, and they want it fast. They want projects to get off the ground.
We have the numbers. The Parliamentary Budget Officer showed that half the money has not been spent. That is unacceptable and it must change. I do not know what the mayors in the riding of my esteemed colleague, and great musician, believe, but what we want is for the money to flow.