I felt that it was important to do two things. One is to pursue a goal of trying to maximize the tax dollars that we use on infrastructure. The second thing I would like to do with this bill is bring the notion of community benefits to the federal realm. As I've said, the only province that has moved on this in Canada is Ontario; however, we've had community benefits types of projects across the country. The other advantage I've had through the consultation process is to learn about what is working with the Ontario legislation and what's not.
I think it would be a big step forward if the federal government, as the largest spender on infrastructure in Canada, were to move on this issue and embed community benefit agreements in their contracting process.