As announced in budget 2011, even though there are two and a half years left in the Building Canada plan, the government wanted to begin discussions now with the provinces, the Federation of Canadian Municipalities, and other stakeholders on a long-term infrastructure plan that would come after the expiry of Building Canada. This week, Minister Lebel, with the FCM, announced a process to have consultations on that long-term plan for infrastructure for the country.
We'll be going through three phases of that work: identifying and analyzing what we've accomplished with the billions that have been recently invested, a second phase of where our priorities should be, and then a third phase about principles for a new plan to take effect after Building Canada.