When we were talking about infrastructure, in your comments earlier you mentioned that half the funding in terms of this--$17.6 billion, to be exact--is going to municipalities. This goes out in terms of GST and gas rebate.
I'll comment that during the break I visited 13 or 14 municipalities in my rural riding and took to them what it actually meant to them in terms of sustainable funding. As you know, that was one of the key issues wanted by not only the municipalities of our regions but also by the Canadian Federation of Municipalities.
I just wanted to tell you that I actually relayed to them that next year the gas tax would be double. It's something that seemed very positive, because I know, as someone who has been a municipal head of council for a few years--as you have been, Mr. Minister--how important it is to have sustainable funding they can count on. That was the message that came back to me: it's sustainable funding they can count on and build on. If they don't do it this year, they can build it up; in fact, they can borrow back on it. That's just a comment I heard in terms of the funding and the flexibility, and I was asked by a number of people to pass on to you how important it has been.
I'd like to shift gears a little bit, if I could, to my next question. This has to do with the Railway Safety Act review that this committee has gone through. I think the committee was very successful at it. It was tabled on March 7 of this year. It contained 56 recommendations; the committee actually took those recommendations, which we endorsed, and then added as an addendum particular issues that we saw.
You've now had close to a couple of months to reflect on it. I would like your comments. What sort of response do you have in terms of that report?