Transport committee  Again, municipalities have done their utmost to meet these deadlines. There have been adverse conditions this past summer. I guess when you have adverse conditions and things beyond your control, there are as well other costs that you cannot control. I think municipalities are do

Transport committee  Again, as I mentioned earlier, it doesn't matter what program you put in, until these agreements are signed, until you know some certainty, yes, there are a lot of things you have to do to get to that point.

Transport committee  I think as soon as possible. Again, in Manitoba we've been working very well with Infrastructure Canada to monitor this all along, but it would be great to see it as soon as possible.

Transport committee  Again, the municipalities are doing their best to cope. We were fortunate in Manitoba that we have had the weather to complete; otherwise it would have been a story that was a lot different story from what I'm reporting today. That's why we're asking for the flexibility in a dead

Transport committee  Yes.

Transport committee  Yes, the budget allocations are going to be finished, but as you mentioned, you have a wish list, and you do your estimates and you do your numbers to see if you can even afford these projects. Again, the help of any of these federal programs brings things to light. Then you have

Transport committee  Yes.

Transport committee  That's the case in any elected position: you find the wrath of the public. As you know, you never make the right decision.

Transport committee  There were 73 communities that got this.

Transport committee  No. They had several, I believe.

Transport committee  No, because as I mentioned earlier, Manitoba municipalities are very good at planning. They know their fiscal capacity, and they know—

Transport committee  No, I believe not.

Transport committee  No.

Transport committee  The primary objective, of course.... As municipalities, we've been before the federal government before this stimulus package or any of this and we've always been saying that our infrastructure is aging. So again, we're glad that the federal government has seen this as a priority

Transport committee  Yes.