In 2002, we were spending just over 2% of our GDP on infrastructure spending, so there's a big difference there. Obviously, some of that is related to the baby boom and such. The need is more critical in some of the older cities and the downtown areas and others. We all grant that. I think it is a growing concern.
The fact of the matter is there are lots of areas of this country--I'll give you a perfect example. Last summer, a city in southern Ontario almost had to close its water treatment plant on two occasions. Now what does that mean? It couldn't properly conduct the waste water it was receiving and treat that water. That means that a source of clean drinking water would potentially have been compromised for that city and raw sewage would have been flowing directly into Lake Ontario. I don't want to exaggerate these things. The fact of the matter is that this is not a scenario we want to see happen on a repeated basis in future years.
Let's recognize that we have some issues. Granted, more analysis needs to be done, but we need to understand that the fiscal gap, the total financial gap, is considerable. I don't believe this can be financed quickly and entirely by public sources. That's my response to the other question. Therefore, I think we need greater cooperation among all levels of government, and we need to look at more innovative public-private partnerships to achieve the challenge.