There are two points that should be made.
First of all, from Mr. Proulx I would need the amendment in his text so we may support it.
Second, there are five bridges which fall under federal jurisdiction, apart from the Macdonald-Cartier Bridge which is a shared Ontario, Quebec and Government of Canada jurisdiction. In this case, the federal government, instead of splitting the responsibility between Public Works and Government Services Canada and the NCC, would hand the issue over to the NCC. Quebec has nothing to win or lose from this, nor does Ontario. Except that with respect to bridge management, there would only be one agency, the National Capital Commission.
According to a representative from CREDDO who appeared before this committee, in this case, the NCC may have greater interest in the esthetic improvement of the federal capital, ensuring that bridges are painted and kept up in keeping with the rest of the landscape, rather than handing over this responsibility to departments like Public Works and Government Services Canada that has a great deal else to do. It would be a transfer of funds and the federal government would have everything under one umbrella organization. That is how I understand it, and in that case, we would be in agreement.