Thank you.
My question is to the Federation of Canadian Municipalities. FCM has asked for dedicated funding. That didn't happen. We're still in a grant lottery situation. You requested a $2.5 billion direct transfer. Then the gas tax has been indexed, but because of the $100 million incremental, really, municipalities won't be seeing the first nickel until 2016.
Having said that, my question is very specific. The Obama team did a red tape reduction initiative. They managed to halve the time that it now takes them to approve an application. There are examples. I believe with the Tappan Zee Bridge replacement, the approval process was cut by three years. Another project was cut by six months—that was the Red Line rail transit corridor. It looks like what they're doing is looking at the best practices from all the different applications and municipalities. They have a very sophisticated IT tracking system. They were able to reduce the approval time by at least 50%.
Is that something the FCM has been pushing for? Would you be interested in the federal government going in this direction?