I can start if you like.
I drive a beautiful, 6-cylinder, 300 horsepower vehicle, which burns more gas than it should. Should I pay more tax than I am for that? Yes. We all know it's not good for the economy, and I should be paying more. I remember going to Europe for the first time 20 years ago and seeing what they were paying in gas compared to what we were paying. We haven't caught up. I think it makes sense.
Maybe the answer to your question is both. There should be some funding there. When I talk about urbanization, what has happened is that because the urban centres have become larger and more focused, they are the closest to most of the taxpayers, yet they are the least well funded. Most of the funding goes into the federal government. Then, it goes down to the provincial governments, and then it goes down to the cities. Therefore, the people who have the most direct contact and influence with the average citizen are at the bottom of the pecking order. Anything we can do to provide them some funding is good.
The second thing we can do with another fund is to make it competitive—although that's very un-Canadian—and have people apply for it. Therefore, if Laval, Victoriaville, or Ottawa has an idea, the city can submit that to the fund and it can bid on trying to provide the right answer. Then there can be some adjudication that says this is a better idea than that one. You get $100 million; you don't.