It raises all kinds of questions around investment in infrastructure projects. Investment in infrastructure is important in the long term. In Canada, we tend to think only in terms of the initial investment and, for the most part, in terms of the federal investment, but there are private companies that are willing to take on major infrastructure development projects. The energy east pipeline was one such project.
As far as infrastructure goes, I think it's time to move beyond the thinking that those investments should always come from government. We should further open the door to private investments, which would raise productivity—our theme today—and cost taxpayers less than the infrastructure projects we have currently.