I would just point out, Mr. Chairman, through you, as a former municipal mayor and council member, that the problems that have been identified by the Federation of Canadian Municipalities.... I forget, but it was a significant figure for the shortfall in infrastructure. I can refer to one situation in North Vancouver, where there was a rail crossing improvement needed. It was a substantial amount of money because it happened to be in a yard area in which there was private land beyond the yard that needed to be accessed. It meant there were regular crossings of up to five or six tracks. That gets to be expensive. So the need for safety needs to be a priority. It needs to be recognized that municipalities don't have the ability. They're already short-funded on their infrastructure needs.
On April 1st, 2008. See this statement in context.