The model that we have set up through the gas tax transfers is based on the idea that there is some stable, predictable, long-term funding that municipalities can take a look at and plan for their needs. These needs could be transit or other types of infrastructure such as roads. I think this fits in with what you were saying earlier. That allows them to make plans for their needs, as opposed to looking at various programs created by provincial or federal governments and trying to figure out how to put this square peg into that round hole. A community might find a project that may have been fourth or fifth down their list is what qualifies according to criteria set by other levels of government. Then their top priorities aren't being accomplished. I like the idea of the gas tax funding being a stable, predictable, long-term funding that allows communities to make plans and know that their projects will be funded.
Does that fit in with what you're saying? We want to see different communities able to make plans based on their needs, because we understand that it's a very diverse country.