Mr. Chair, if I can, I just wanted to make mention that in my studies in preparation for this particular committee I found that, quite frankly, most of the infrastructure and transport issues were often duplicated. Often they dealt with the same project with different funds, which meant more bureaucracy. I found a huge tie between infrastructure and transportation, just because of the nature of the deficit we've had for the last 13 years.
I think it's very appropriate that we deal with them as one matter and one group, because we do need to move forward for all of Canada on something that's quite frankly a deficit all over. In my mind, the key is that when we find issues that are so important to all of us, we form a subcommittee to deal with them, either to bring back to the committee or to have specific recommendations. We do have a huge portfolio, but I certainly think it would be much more advantageous to do that rather than trying to piecemeal everything all over the place.
That's just my opinion, and I do think, obviously, we have to have a steering committee direct us as to how we're going to go.
I think the minister's offering himself at such an early date explains how committed he is to this process. I think if we had him here, and maybe had some ideas from committee members as far as what you would like to see approached and dealt with first, then we could get to work immediately. As time goes on, obviously we're going to be able to change our focus.