Thank you very much for that question. As you point out, when we released our report in 2007 it really talked about two numbers: an infrastructure deficit of $123 billion and a need for about another $115 billion over the next 20 years in new infrastructure that was needed in this country.
We know in the intervening years there's obviously been progress made by municipalities through the gas tax, their own investments, and investments from provincial and territorial governments toward tackling some of that deficit. As well, there have been some successes that have obviously been achieved more recently, in the last couple of years, through the stimulus program and the investments that were made in infrastructure there.
The focus going forward is really on the development of that long-term infrastructure plan. That was our primary ask in Budget 2011. It was referenced in version 1.0 and in version 2.0 of Budget 2011. Over the last number of months, our officials have been having dialogue with Mr. Lebel's officials towards developing that long-term infrastructure plan.
The first phase of that plan will actually be to take stock of exactly where we are. As I said, there has been progress made, but to what amount specifically, we don't know. That's obviously an extremely important part if we're going to develop a long-term strategy involving all three orders of government to tackle the enormity of the issue going forward.