Thank you.
Committee members might remember an intervention of mine with the finance minister. There are ways that the federal government can help municipalities.
However, I don't think having the current mandate of the infrastructure bank combined with the NDP's amendment will do it any good. In fact, it will create a lot of confusion. I'm against the concept that the government is going for, but I do want to compliment the member. There are further things the federal government could do.
Some provinces have their own municipal finance authorities. Those authorities could be working with the federal government. Instead of going to Wall Street for funding, they could be going to the Government of Canada. I don't think at this late stage that the NDP's trying to complete the Liberal platform in a backward way will do any good—although someone told me one time that three lefts do make a right.