In surveys we've done with our membership on the top policy issues, investment in transportation infrastructure and problems associated with transportation have been consistently our number one issue over the past five years. At a macro level there are studies that have shown—the OECD, and the Conference Board of Canada—the impacts annually. It's about $6 billion of lost productivity.
We know this anecdotally from different businesses. For example, Toronto is a major logistics transportation hub. It's really increasing the costs of doing business deliveries. It affects a lot of our manufacturing industries that rely on just-in-time delivery. There are a number of bottlenecks throughout the transportation system from public transit, rail, and intermodal connectivity between those different types of transportation. It's a substantial impact on us economically.
We've advocated that the solution requires all three levels of government to cooperate. No one level can provide all of the funding. However, our members have said that with the right plan in place and with transparency in ensuring that tax revenues collected through various means, whether the gas tax fund or otherwise, are allocated for transport, they're prepared to pay. That gives you an indication of the priority it is for our members.