Mr. Speaker, I have been reading a significant amount on this. I can tell the member opposite that we strongly support public transit. It is important for our environment. It is important for our public servants to get to work. It is also very important to reduce congestion.
I read the Ottawa Sun editorial on October 4 entitled, “Feds on right track”. It said:
Too often in the past we have seen governments, at various levels, toss around tax money without taking adequate care that it's well spent.
There was an Ottawa Citizen editorial that said:
--the unprecedented scope of the investment...makes a final, ratifying endorsement entirely appropriate.