We are committed to funding infrastructure across the country. You know that these announcements will be made in a phased-in way, with certain priorities linked to those projects that are ready to go. You also know that the priorities of the Government of Canada will be linked directly to the priorities of the provinces and the municipalities. We have become far more flexible in the application of that funding formula. In the case where municipalities are unable to be equal partners, we will be partners with provinces on a fifty-fifty basis. That is where we take our cue. We understand that the local priorities are the ones that matter most. Those are the problems that we want to help solve, and those are the investments we want to make with our partners in the provinces. I would think that the Government of Canada would be keen to look at those priorities that are consistent with knitting together national transportation infrastructure, especially green infrastructure.
On April 11th, 2016. See this statement in context.