Mr. Speaker, I would like to thank the member for Kingston and the Islands for having such good humour today. His Frontenacs lost in the OHL play-offs to the Niagara IceDogs. I thank him for maintaining such good humour about that.
We are a government that is committed to having our municipalities as partners in this endeavour. We have committed to the largest infrastructure investment in Canadian history. I met with municipal leaders and advised them to come to me to advise of their concerns and that we will take it up. It is no longer a top-down approach. As the minister said, municipalities do infrastructure better than the federal government. We are looking forward to investing this historic investment in infrastructure and working closely with municipalities.
The infrastructure deficits are enormous across Ontario and across Canada. If we do nothing, it will fall on taxpayers through increased property taxes. It is time for the federal government to act.