Thank you, witnesses, and thank you, Mr. Chair.
Mr. Lennox, I just have a comment. You mentioned that you'd like to see the federal government doing more in terms of gas fuel tax. I think you mentioned diesel.
Just for clarification, the Federation of Canadian Municipalities, a number of years ago, had asked for the gas tax to go back up to 5¢. So that actually was to be on a program that we accelerated, and now they get all of that 5¢.
The provinces, quite honestly, also collect a tax. I think what you will find is that they also have that option of doing something within their own tax structure. Something that wasn't done prior to our coming in is we've actually increased the transfers to provinces. We've done equalizations that were not there before. I think in terms of what the federal government has done for roads and what we've done for municipalities and what we've done for provinces is likely much more than has been done for generations, quite honestly. So I think in terms of that gas tax going back up, we all understand the need for infrastructure--that being roads--and I think that's where we've stepped up to the plate on it.
Mr. Schmeiser, you made a comment earlier regarding California, with the tier 4 engines. I may have got it wrong that they will actually determine that it's going to be tier 4 engines that will be used.
Are they large enough, then, to determine that this is what is needed for North America and that all manufacturers now will do that, whether it meets the requirement of the provinces or a state or the rest of the country?