Thank you, Mr. Chair.
There's a lot of politics surrounding your comments in this meeting, and I think everyone can acknowledge that, but at the heart of it is a very important policy conversation about the balance between investing in highways and freeways and investing in public transportation.
The concept of induced demand is well established in the urban planning field. When you make certain kinds of investments in expanding highways and freeways, you actually both undermine the climate policy goal and don't solve the problem. Often the goal is to reduce congestion and to reduce travel times. If you induce demand, you can actually undermine that goal at the same time.
I'm sure, Minister, that you're in touch with the Minister of Infrastructure and the Minister of Transport on the climate impacts of different investments. How does your department contribute to that conversation when it comes to ensuring that investing in highways and freeways doesn't undermine your government's climate goals?