Okay. So that assures me and members around this table that, number one, this is going to programs to which it was intended. It is programs that we as parliamentarians have voted on specifically within the budget document. We appreciate that.
I will move on, and outside of vote 35, because really what we are more concerned about is the entire breadth of the stimulus package. The $3 billion is a portion of it, but $20 billion, give or take, is the amount of the stimulus that's going into the economy. I just want to briefly discuss a number of things that I've identified, having had the opportunity to be part of the announcements in the last number of weeks.
Specifically on the allocation of $2 billion to municipalities across the country, I would like to ask about the expectation of your departments as to when the gas tax fund money will be flowing to municipalities. My understanding is that it's going to be arriving three months earlier than what was originally expected by the municipalities, but that it's also going to be doubled from what they were expecting.
Many of the municipalities that I spoke to in my own riding, which will receive over $8 million of this $2 billion, were pleased to hear that they were getting twice as much as they expected and that it's coming a lot sooner. Is that your understanding, that this is still on target to be issued and out into the municipalities' hands earlier than was expected?