Yes, I'd like to comment on that. We have actually been working closely with the FCM, the Federation of Canadian Municipalities, and I am the chair of the rural forum. Actually, we had Mr. Easter on one of our panels at the AGM in Winnipeg.
We're working with the province, in my case the Province of Saskatchewan, and we're looking at seriously changing the criteria so that smaller communities can qualify. The threshold of the population is a big factor, because right now 100,000 or fewer is considered rural, which puts us, in the province of Saskatchewan, in the same pool as every city except the cities of Regina and Saskatoon, and we can't compete.
We realize, though, that water and wastewater projects are high priority, and so is transit, especially in some of the larger cities like Saskatoon and Regina. We are asking for a rural infrastructure fund to be created. I was on a conference call yesterday with Minister Sohi's political staff, and we gave the pitch on behalf of FCM. SARM also supports us, so we think we're making some good headway with the federal government. They realize that they have already committed to at least 50% funding, so it leaves it all up to the provinces. Each province may have different criteria, which is a good thing to have because it's flexible. What works in Ontario might not work in Saskatchewan. I think we are off to a good start with phase two. It's very promising.
Thank you.