Mr. Speaker, the Province of British Columbia is currently considering leasing the Coquihalla highway to a private company because it cannot afford the maintenance and upkeep. Many of my constituents are furious. In 2002, the people of British of Columbia paid a combined amount of $1.1 billion to the federal government in gas taxes and GST.
Can the minister explain why only 2.5% of that is being reinvested back into highways?