Yes, I would be, to a certain degree. Or it could be a similar formula. My one cautionary remark about using any one particular formula, such as the gas tax, is that what we're seeing in the United States--and I think it's going to happen in Canada--is that consumption of fuel is trending downwards because of more fuel-efficient vehicles. There will be more electric vehicles, hybrids, and the like, so there will have to be some sort of replacement for the gas tax portion over the next 10 years. But certainly that would be a much more predictable model for delivering those sorts of funds.
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