The bill is specifically and strictly about federal spending on infrastructure projects—building and repair projects. That's what this bill is really about. However, when you look at the landscape in the country, community benefit agreements are becoming the norm both in law and in practice.
In fact, what this bill is doing is enshrining community benefit agreements in federal jurisdiction. We just don't have that, although we do have community benefit agreements embedded in projects across the country. This is about the federal government in a sense catching up to other jurisdictions, but also playing that leadership role, because it's the largest spender, the largest entity in Canada that spends on infrastructure.
To answer your second question, nothing prevents the federal government from bringing forward its leadership on this, and hopefully encouraging other jurisdictions to follow suit. However, the bill is strictly on federally funded infrastructure projects.