Thank you, Minister, for being here.
I want to talk to you about the gas tax, and the reason I want to talk to you about that.... You've been to Chatham—Kent—Essex and you know how flat Chatham—Kent—Essex is. You also know, I'm sure, how many bridges we have as a result of that. As a matter of fact, it's somewhat of a crisis.
I have to tell you that I had the opportunity to talk to city officials just the past week, and they are excited about the gas tax. They're excited that, first of all, in 2009 we doubled it, and then we made it permanent.
But there is something else that's taken place in this budget. I wonder if you could talk about the indexing of the gas tax and how that will affect municipalities like mine.