My great thanks to my colleague, Mr. Coderre, for his suggestion.
In closing, I just want to zero in on a couple of quick areas. On the funding side, the federal government's funding of public transit over the last number of years has been under the umbrella, if you will, of an omnibus program, the Building Canada plan. It had several components and allowed flexibility so that municipalities could choose what projects and priorities they would prefer to be funding, including public transit.
First of all, in the recent election, we made a commitment. That program has to be replaced in due course. There will be consultations over the next couple of years towards that next long-term infrastructure plan. Should the issue of public transit funding be considered in that process, or should it be done in an ad hoc fashion? That's about the process for coming up with a funding.
Second, should the government depart from the traditional idea that there's an omnibus program with municipal flexibility and choice and have a dedicated fund, in an ongoing long-term fashion, that is specifically for public transit?
I have another important question I want to come back to and get in under the wire.