It would all be well if everybody had the capacity to take on this project, but the reason the dust control project was put with the Department of Transportation was because they had the engineering, design, and ability to lay chipseal. Most of the assessment work and design work was done by the Department of Transportation on behalf of MACA. I think the whole reason for that is because the communities do not have the capacity to do it in-house.

I’d like to ask the Minister again, knowing that there is one community that has requested $6 million to pave their streets, why is it that the 15 communities that requested the program that expired in 2007

have not had this program reinstated and funded through the Building Canada Fund, and not burden the communities with having to go back and do their reassessments and designs of the work that has already been done? The work’s already been done. Let’s get on with it.