Thank you.
I tabled a member's bill on a national transit strategy. The bill tries to ask the federal government to take a leadership role to bring different levels of government and transit authorities together, different stakeholders, and say what a long-term plan would be. It's not that the federal government would predict--it shouldn't, really. So the stakeholders would say what the long-term plan should be, and from there they would have a discussion as to who pays for what, so that there is a very clear delineation. That kind of strategy seems to have been lacking in the past.
The federal government in the last two years, of course, has been putting in money--both to the gas tax and the capital budget--but not bringing in as many people as possible. I don't see any downside to it, as long as it's not one size fits all. That's not what it's supposed to be.
I just want your comment on what you think of that initiative. Is that something you would suggest? Someone needs to bring people together. That's what I think the federal government's role should be.