Yes, thanks so much for the question.
I'll make one point of clarification before I respond. There's been a lot of talk in previous years about Canada being the only G-8 country without a national transit plan. That's not entirely true. We've done some broad-based research in the last couple of years to look around the G-8 and beyond and find out what's actually out there. There are varying degrees of national plans and strategies and we're steering away from that statement simply because there are so many variations out there. Each has something valuable, and I think that our challenge is to find what has worked best in other G-8 countries, in other important economies around the world, and create a real made-in-Canada framework. That's certainly what we're recommending.
There are clearly elements in Madam Chow's bill that we support strongly that would make an excellent foundation for a national framework, but given that there are multiple jurisdictions in this country that are responsible for urban and municipal affairs, and that constitutionally it is an area of provincial mandate, we feel that the dialogue is of ultimate importance in developing a national framework that works for the country, for the provinces, and for each community.