Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Through you, I'd like to welcome our witnesses today. I appreciate their comments.
I served as a municipal councillor in British Columbia, and I know it's certainly a difficult process. I appreciate your work on behalf of the municipalities in your areas.
With respect to the Building Canada plan, infrastructure programming was designed on the basis of broad-based programs where federal funding could go to a number of investment categories, such as local roads, waste water and water infrastructure, cultural and sports infrastructure, as well as transit infrastructure.
Do you favour such broad-based omnibus programs where municipalities do have the flexibility in terms of investment categories, or do you favour a single or dedicated fund where federal investments can be made in only one specific infrastructure asset--for example, investments in transit infrastructure only?