Thanks, Mr. Chair.
Ms. Bergeron, welcome to the committee. My name is Chad Collins. I'm the MP for Hamilton East—Stoney Creek. I have brown hair and I am wearing a brown plaid jacket today.
I came from the municipal sector before arriving here in Ottawa. When I look at the act and its aspirational goals of a barrier-free Canada by 2040, it means that it involves other levels of government and certainly the private sector.
I know that if I had members from Hamilton who sit on the advisory committee for persons with disabilities sitting beside me here today, they would say that for the City of Hamilton, as a municipal partner, to achieve its barrier-free goals, they require resources, whether that's for transportation, to access public information—I think you referenced that earlier—or to safely travel through our city streets or across the street. There are all kinds of infrastructure that need to be upgraded, including bricks-and-mortar improvements to buildings, in order to make my city a barrier-free place to live, work and do other things.
My question is in terms of providing support for municipalities and even our provincial partners. Can you comment on why it's important that the federal government do a bit more in terms of providing additional resources to make those things happen?