Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Thank you to everyone for coming tonight.
I want to thank the Federation of Canadian Municipalities. During the past couple of years we've had an interesting relationship, at least in Chatham-Kent. I'm sure everybody could share the same types of stories with their federal, provincial, and municipal counterparts. I know that in Chatham-Kent we manage to do an incredible number of projects that are going to benefit the municipality for years to come.
I got your message on the index. I think that's a consideration. I can't emphasize enough that in Chatham-Kent we probably have more bridges than most municipalities, because it's flat and there are tons of bridges. We've seen expansion in sewage and water treatment, and the non-traditional, like the YMCA--things we had to do. We've made those contributions in the knowledge that infrastructure...again, the municipality.
Can you comment on how important that has been, and how that's going to affect your municipalities in the years to come?