Sure.
On the first comment, about the other business associations that are supporting the need for more federal dollars for infrastructure, I will say that what's happening in Manitoba is a disturbing example. The big business groups in Manitoba did support an increase in the PST to pay for infrastructure, and now, after the government in Manitoba has adopted that, they have backed away from it, recognizing that the money is actually not going to go to infrastructure, but is going to be spent in general government operations. The big business groups that have signed on are now recanting from that decision when they've seen it in practice.
What I will say about red tape is that there has been some good work started in Canada. Much more needs to be done. The one-to-one rule which the federal government has implemented is, we feel, a really good practice. We'd prefer to see it as a two-to-one ratio, where for every new rule or regulation that is adopted, two drop out, as the B.C. Liberals put in place years ago.
There is no easy answer to this. This is not a sexy file for governments or politicians to get involved in. It is through constant oversight and reviews of every new rule and regulation that comes on the books.... That is important.
In terms of phasing out some of them, you hit on a really good area for us. The approval processes in governments in general are ridiculously long. In some cases it is resourcing for those that need to do the approvals, but the problem is also just the number of steps in that process and the lack of differentiation by size.
If some of our members in Banff, let's say, want to put out a new garbage bin, they have to go through a process similar to that for building a mine. This is the kind of thing that needs to be addressed by government.
This is not something I can give you a fulsome answer to in two minutes.