Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Thank you for all the presentations. It's been very interesting. I am extremely familiar with the fiscal box that municipalities find themselves in, as the former chair of finance and infrastructure under Mayor Bowman in the city of Winnipeg. At the risk of sounding like Bill Clinton, I feel your pain.
Mr. Karsten, I think Mayor Hurley raises an interesting point regarding opening up the wage subsidy to municipalities. Why not take that approach as opposed to a direct subsidy mirrored on the per capita distribution structure of the gas tax?