Finance committee  Dryden actually debentures for other people, but we probably have $5 million. We're well within our ratio as far as debt goes. We have $8 million that we're hoping to set aside for a waste water treatment plant.

Finance committee  I can't remember, to tell you the truth.

Finance committee  It comes from our services.

Finance committee  We're looking at jobs that need to be done. We're looking at infrastructure that needs to be fixed. There's money out there to do it. If there's a surplus, put that money in place and make it work for us within x number of months. Don't make it take two or three years. We're gett

Finance committee  Yes, and we do have it balanced.

Finance committee  It helps us with road construction. It helps to keep our Handy-Transit van on the road.

Finance committee  Thank you. It's much appreciated.

Finance committee  I have to correct that. In all truth, the infrastructure deficit is so huge that you can't fund everybody. I understand that. The money has to roll out in a stable way over a number of years to address that whole issue. So if we take time out now to put together a whole new level

Finance committee  I guess our connection is that when you think about Dryden and how small we are in the picture, and then you look at how we are used to going to make an Ontario pitch and now are able to come here to make it on a Canadian level and talk with you, and when you see our people—I'll

Finance committee  Oh, I will.

Finance committee  I talked to her this morning. She's skiing as we speak.

Finance committee  If more money is given for training and retraining, if more money is given to build roads and infrastructure, those are all projects that give jobs. The same people out of a job now will be put back in the workforce, which is good for all of us and good for Canada. It creates its

Finance committee  Can I leave with the cheque today? That's the most important thing I can tell you. You're making me feel not very happy here. I have a bad feeling in my stomach that this is going to roll out in three years and funnel through. This just floors me. I can't believe we would take

Finance committee  Thank you. That's kind of a surprise to me. I didn't realize it would come out over three years. What is the exact criteria as to how we access that funding? When is it going to be available? What does “infrastructure” mean as far as making application for those dollars is con

Finance committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair, and thank you, ladies and gentlemen, for allowing us this opportunity. In Dryden we face some very serious challenges, due, in large part, to the downturn in the forestry sector. We know that both federally and provincially the governments fully appreciate