I want to be sure you understand what I'm saying. Under this bill, the MTA will not be able to extend beyond the boundaries of the Montreal CMA if it wants to make acquisitions, because you are limiting this to urban transit authorities that provide transit services in a metropolitan area. Statistics Canada has defined these areas as census metropolitan areas.
The MTA may need to go beyond the boundaries of the Montreal CMA to make its acquisitions. I don't want the bill to propose restrictions in that regard. A number of public transit authorities may want to join together. Your definition limits the MTA to dealings with organizations within the CMA. But the public transit authority may provide service outside the boundaries of the CMA. That is allowed by governments and supported by the Government of Quebec, and municipalities do piggy-back onto the MTA. We want to be sure that the definition is not too restrictive. We believed that it was too restrictive. Ours is broader because it includes all agencies.