Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Thank you, witnesses, for coming forward.
I feel for the two mayors here because of the highway of death in northern Alberta, Highway 63, that takes a lot of people's lives. It has certainly caused issues with my own family, because many of the people who died were long-term residents of the area, and some were from other constituencies. I know there was a month last year when you lost about 19 people in that one-mile or two-mile stretch. It's horrendous, for certain.
It is horrible, and we've been waiting since 2006 to see the highway twinned from Fort McMurray to about 200 kilometres south. It's still not finished. We've been waiting and waiting, but it's very difficult to be patient in that kind of circumstance.
I understand where you're going. I notice that there has been a significant amount of investment by the federal government in that area of the Trans-Canada, particularly in Banff and Golden. I think Golden invested $570,000 toward some improvements.
For the most part, money is scarce in Canada, especially with the infrastructure deficit we've had to wrestle with from the Liberals from the 1990s. Have you looked at or proposed any other alternatives to the provincial government that is in control of transport? Have you looked at any other alternatives besides money being transferred from the federal government to the provincial government and then to the infrastructure, such as tolls or other avenues like that to speed up the process?