Yes, I think so.
In order to manage the flows of people, you really have to do that. You have to manage it; you have to have standards. For 30 years I worked in the telecommunications industry, where I was involved in developing the flow of data on the world's telecommunications networks. We could not have done that through local administration only. Without the standardization that has led to the Internet—which is an international standardization, not just a national one—and the strong involvement by Canada in the United Nations telecommunications agencies that develop the standards for that system, we would not have the communications network we have today.
I believe that example also applies to our transportation networks. We are seeing significant losses across Canada of redundancy in our rail network. For example, when a line is interrupted by a derailment between Montreal and Halifax, we lose all ability to ship containers from the Port of Halifax to central Canada and the United States, because we are no longer managing our rail networks to provide the capabilities that are needed.
Now that's getting away from transit. I wanted to focus on transit standardization and fostering opportunities for cities and towns and rural areas to develop transit systems. I think the federal government can be a facilitator as well as a regulator.