Finance committee  It is working for those who are using public transit, sure.

Finance committee  It is an important one for sure.

Finance committee  I'll leave that to you.

Finance committee  Yes. It's an extremely important measure. As we mentioned, predictability and stability are two criteria that are really important for planning and transit projects as well. When you look at the national picture in Canada since 2006, it's over $2 billion that went to public transit from the gas tax fund.

Finance committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair, and members of the committee. I want to begin by thanking you for inviting me to appear before the Standing Committee on Finance to speak to Bill C-60, an act to implement certain provisions of the federal budget, which was tabled last March. The Canadian Urban Transit Association, CUTA, has about 500 members, including public transit systems, manufacturers and providers, government agencies, research centres and other industry players.