The reason I feel that some projects will have a community benefit component would be the sheer size, and value and money that would go into these projects. I feel very strongly that we should explore and take advantage of opportunities in which we can dramatically increase the local economic impact of certain federally funded infrastructure repair and building projects. If we can extend and stretch the impact of that taxpayer dollar that we are already spending on a project to benefit the community further, we should certainly do that.
Other provinces have done that, municipalities have done that, even the private sector has done that. It's time for us in the federal realm to do this. The model is out there. It has been done successfully. We should definitely do this. It's the right thing to do. It doesn't cost an extra amount of money. It brings community buy-in, because the community sees benefits that they obtain above and beyond the project itself. It's the right thing to do, and we should do it.