Thank you.
Currently, as an example, the transit fund that's in place is predictable, direct. It's another model that has worked. It's sustainable funding that flows directly.
However, I want to be very clear that in looking at what our message is today, it's not coming in at all with a defined “This is how it should work and this is the model.”
What we're asking for is to have a very mature, frank, candid discussion between the two levels of government—and this isn't done overnight—through regular meetings, even including the provinces, but specifically through the municipalities with the federal government to have that conversation. What are municipalities going to look like in the future? We have done that work. We're pretty confident that we know what our needs are going to be.
How do we find a new fiscal framework that can be advantageous, not only to municipalities but to help the federal government? That has been our model as well. We try to be partners to deliver what Canadians need at the local level.
It's the conversation that we're looking for a commitment on through this budget process.