Right now the federal government makes decisions though the infrastructure funds as to whether they will pay to support the York University subway line in Toronto, for example, or buy street cars. In some ways the federal government is already dictating what happens in the municipality. It doesn't quite say so, but by the capital funding and what gets funded, it is already making decisions.
So should the federal government assist in the planning—not do the plan, but take the leadership to have the plan take place? What is a better funding formula? Is it better to do all the transfer through the gas tax, which is an automatic transfer, but play no role, or have some kind of capital funding project with very clear criteria? If you do that, then the federal government is making decisions on what projects get funded.
What is your opinion on that? I know you said you're a bit agnostic, but what side do you come in on?