Yes, public transit is very important.
It's the lifeblood of communities. When I was in office in Toronto, we negotiated the new deal for cities and communities with the federal government and provinces for national funding for cities and towns, including direct funding for public transit. Federal funding is important on this issue, because public transit, particularly clean electric transit—electric buses, for example—is of national interest. Seeing our cities succeed economically is of national importance. Reaching our environmental goals, which really can only be met with excellent public transit across the country, is of national importance as well.
I applaud the position on double funding. If this Parliament can make it a priority to support Canada's cities and public transit agencies far more strongly, including—