Transport committee  I'd just like to add one thing. We like the concept of spreading the money around, but we'd also like our leaders, both provincial and federal, to recognize the special needs of rural Canada. A lot of times with these programs, the rural municipalities, not only in Saskatchewan

Transport committee  In our case, I am definitely not aware of any projects that were totally mismanaged. And some projects would be ahead of schedule. I can't pinpoint any projects specifically, but some have been done for quite a while. As far as being under budget goes, to my knowledge they were a

Transport committee  Yes, they're mostly contract work--

Transport committee  Right.

Transport committee  That's a good question. I guess we're just good.

Transport committee  I think that in our case a lot of it is the type of infrastructure. Also, our municipalities have a working relationship with the contractors in the province and work very well with them. Those contractors will take on the work they can do for the season, because it is a limited

Transport committee  I think municipalities are understanding that the projects be completely finished by the deadline. In our case, it's going to be whenever the construction season ends. We really don't have six months. We have whatever the weather will allow us to do.

Transport committee  In our case, that'll be the fact.

Transport committee  In our case, there's really nothing you can do. As was mentioned earlier, you can't do a bunch of overtime or anything. You're at the mercy of the weather. You're not going to get a contractor to come in and help another contractor for two weeks and try to finish up before things

Transport committee  You'd have to ask the provincial government. I don't know whether they are or not.

Transport committee  Right.

Transport committee  I couldn't come up with an exact date. because even if it wasn't.... For any projects that aren't completed this fall, a lot of the times you can't get going on them first thing in the spring because of the wet conditions. So it could be almost on a case-by-case basis.

Transport committee  Yes, in cases where it's out of the control of the municipality, and they can't do anything about things like weather.

Transport committee  I wouldn't be able to give you an exact number. Through most of the summer, the weather wasn't conducive to building infrastructure, and the majority of the infrastructure we're talking about is outdoors--roads and bridges. If you've heard anything about farming this year, you'

Transport committee  Good morning. My name is Dale Harvey. I am currently the assistant executive director for the Saskatchewan Association of Rural Municipalities, more commonly known as SARM. On November 1 of this year, I'll be taking over the duties of executive director. President Marit sends hi