Thank you, Chair.
I want to thank everybody for being here today. I know you're all very busy within your respective organizations, so we really appreciate your time here today.
Mr. Georgetti, I don't think anybody would disagree with the fact that one person out of work is one too many in this country, so I think we're all on the same page there.
Mr. Brison earlier criticized our government in terms of our relationship with labour. It was his party that introduced wage and price controls. It was his party that downloaded services in the nineties, which caused huge pains for provincial governments in their collective bargaining with the trade unions. It was his former leader who reopened collective bargaining agreements in Ontario that had been fairly and equitably negotiated.
Mr. Carlton, we've made the gas tax fund permanent. We've indexed it. How important is that for cities in this country to now have the ability to rely upon stable and consistent funding?