Thank you.
It's wonderful to have another opportunity to ask some questions of our witnesses.
Mr. Watson, in his opportunity to ask questions, gave us a clinic on this government's failure to understand the importance of cities to the success—economically, socially, and ecologically—of Canada, and the implications for all Canadians, frankly, for us as a country, of failing to make investments in the infrastructure of our cities. When the government brought Infrastructure Canada to the committee to be witnesses, to talk to us about these things, we found out that the funding for infrastructure under the new building Canada fund is entirely without objectives, without policy, and without data to inform it.
I'm wondering, Mr. Toderian, especially given your experience with cities around the world, if you might suggest to us what kind of criteria ought to be attached at the federal level to infrastructure spending in municipalities in this country.