It shows that the Government of Canada needs to demonstrate leadership, for one thing. I am glad you mentioned that you have lived near the Saint-Charles River for almost 60 years, because, while I may look young, Réseau Environnement itself has celebrated its sixtieth anniversary. So it was also there at the time.
Regarding initiatives like the one you refer to, in Réseau Environnement, as in other associations, we definitely want to showcase them, but funding is crucial. Whether we are talking about initiatives relating to salt for de-icing or numerous other initiatives, like the ozonizing that Ms. Vodanovic talked about, we can see that experts from one end of Canada to the other know about the solutions.
What you are talking about is known, but putting large-scale projects into effect calls for funding, and cities already have trouble maintaining their obsolete infrastructure. There are major delays in maintaining that infrastructure, and cities do not have time to think about improving things. They already have trouble plugging the leaks in their own systems.
At Réseau Environnement, we want the provincial and federal governments to give municipalities a hand in order to eliminate the asset maintenance deficit. The cities can work on maintaining the infrastructure, but they need help to deal with the maintenance deficit that has accumulated over recent decades. It is profitable to do it, and that is why we did this study.
There is going to be an agency and some good studies that will showcase projects like the one you are talking about, but after that, it will take political courage to provide money so these initiatives can be implemented and be more widely adopted, so that everyone can draw on them, but, most importantly, to adapt them to as many places as possible.