Mr. Speaker, as a former city councillor, I know the importance of infrastructure. That is why I was so pleased during the campaign when we announced the historic amount, doubling the infrastructure commitment to $125 billion for transit, for much needed social infrastructure, for green infrastructure. These things are needed.
Infrastructure in cities across Canada is crumbling and doubling the commitment is so important, because there is such a deficit. It is going to be an absolute pleasure to meet with various people to find out what their priorities are so we can get moving on this. Transit is important across cities. The Garden River First Nation that I met with has a number of priorities that it has listed for me.
It is a historic investment. It is amazing. It is going to be so beneficial not only for fixing the infrastructure deficit, but for the much needed jobs that are required, and for the construction and steelmaking industries as well.