That is a fairly interesting point. There are different ways. We know—we have already talked about the future of public transit and rapid transit systems—it takes years to develop and implement a rapid bus service or light rail service. A number of high quality jobs are then created.
As I was saying, the public transit sector represents approximately 50,000 direct jobs or 25,000 indirect jobs. There are also many in the area of network construction.
There is another aspect that is extremely important to consider. We see what is happening in the United States with the Buy America Act. This is one example. Jobs in the public transit manufacturing sector are very good jobs. At present, in the United States, there is a problem with job creation. There is already a minimum standard of 60% American content for public transit equipment, and there are discussions underway proposing to increase that to 100%.
We see the growth in the public transit sector. Last year, we talked about approximately 4.1% growth. Growth is occurring throughout Canada, the United States and the world. It is generating many jobs, and it is an industry of the future.
Manufacturing jobs are therefore extremely good jobs, and we know that this will continue to grow in the future.