Mr. Speaker, the member has worked very hard on the board. I would in a very friendly way advise him that it may be a little more difficult than what he is presenting to the House. It may be a little more complex.
I know that the member for Essex has endorsed one particular proposal. He has shown some leadership on this issue. I should say though that his endorsement of that proposal does not negate any other proposals from being advanced as to whether something should be publicly owned or privately owned.
As he knows the main bridge going across Windsor is owned by an American. Would he mandate that the American government or Canadian government take that over, expropriate it and make it public property? I think the Conservative Party's position would be that we would not mandate that it be public or private, but we would say that there is a role for the Canadian government to invest in that infrastructure to make it happen.
He has pointed out very well in the past the problem there. He can correct me on the exact number, but the problem is that between the 401 and Mexico there are 18 stoplights, and 17 of them are on the Canadian side. That obviously needs to be addressed. How would we in the Conservative Party address it if we were the government? Frankly, we would make a minister, possibly even the Prime Minister, responsible for getting all the proposals on the table, including the one that was recently produced, the Detroit river tunnel project, and have the federal government show some leadership first, by engaging the community and second, by making a decision.
The reality is that any one of these decisions will upset someone in the community at some level. I think the member knows that because he is from Windsor. It will upset some people.