Thank you, Mr. Chair.
I appreciate the presentation today. I was a former municipal councillor in Penticton, British Columbia, so I certainly can understand some of the pressure cities are under. At the same time, I know that usually it's political decisions that put them under those pressures.
Getting on to your presentation today, the FCM has said that Canada is the only G-8 country without a national public transit strategy. Do other G-8 countries have a legislated strategy, as proposed by the NDP? If so, do those federations have similar constitutional divisions of powers, as Canada does?