I think the parliamentary secretary raises a good point. It's unfortunate that Mr. Facette is not here to address the issue; however, governments over the course of the last decade that he points to have in fact contributed to the infrastructure of an airline transportation system, just as governments from all stripes have contributed to a road transportation system, be it for auto or for trucks. They've actually even contributed to a rail transportation system, and they continue to do so.
So in one respect, with all due respect to the other presenters, if Mr. Facette's organization is focusing on how it handles its own infrastructure issue, I think the more important fact is not that it receives x dollars, or three times x dollars, or x2 dollars from governments, but that his organization favours a multimodal, integrated, connected transportation system for a policy. I think he took great pains to say that it's long overdue.
I'm taking the parliamentary secretary's desire to show how governments have contributed to the upkeep of all of those infrastructures as an indication that, had he had the opportunity to gather the information over the course of the last dozen years, he would have been more than delighted to present it. We'll do with just a little tip of the iceberg, so far.