I know transit is important for big municipalities in this country—we understand that—but our government respects jurisdictions in cities like Montreal or Toronto. I know many people are interested in these cities. We think that at the municipal level they know what the best choice is for their populations.
We have invested more than $5 billion in support of transit projects all across the country. That's our record. That's very impressive. Some provinces decided to use mostly their gas tax fund for public transit.
We understand how important these cities are for the Canadian economy. We will continue to work with the Federation of Canadian Municipalities and municipalities in all provinces and territories to try to find solutions for that.
These are the facts: no other government has invested more than ours has in the infrastructure of this country, including transit. We will continue to work to fix that with them, but not on their behalf. We will not replace them; we will do that with them.
With regard to aviation, for sure we have a user-pay system. We're the neighbour of a country with over 300 million persons. We have close to 34 million in Canada, with a large land mass to cover. That's not easy for airlines. It's always a question of l'offre et la demande. That's not easy for companies. We're working with them. We're trying to find solutions with them, but now, in the U.S.A. with their economy, there are choices they have to make. We have made difficult choices in Canada, and we will continue to apply the user-pay system, because we think when you use a service, you have to pay for it too. It's the same thing in aviation.
We continue to follow the issue with them. I organized some meetings with all the stakeholders involved in aviation in Canada, and we will continue to work with them to find solutions.