Yes, we are talking about $5 to $7. That is what we have been hearing. That will have a major impact on the other bridges. Motorists may well take the Jacques-Cartier or Victoria bridges instead, and, in some cases, the Honoré-Mercier Bridge. The minister said that $7 would not be enough to fund the new infrastructure. We cannot picture a new bridge in Montreal without a comprehensive vision of traffic flow. You cannot have a toll on just one bridge. That would have a significant impact on traffic congestion.
In addition, we are talking about a toll that will not be used for public transit at all. It would only be used to pay for the infrastructure. Imagine the predicament of the greater Montreal area. A bridge has to be replaced prematurely because of its run-down state, but Minister Lebel is not committed to providing funding for public transit. You cannot look at mobility in Montreal from the perspective of highway traffic only. Public transit must be included. There are not thousands of solutions to reduce traffic congestion. The answer is public transit. The world's great cities have managed to reduce their traffic congestion by heavily investing in public transit.
l think the federal government has made significant investments in public transit in Toronto and Vancouver. If that works for Toronto and Vancouver, it should also work for Montreal.