Human Resources committee  I won't comment on whether a province's decision or territory's decision is bad or not. It's not for me to decide. As I said, we have a few mechanisms to address smaller communities. The other one is Canada's gas tax fund, which every community gets a component thereof. We have the small communities fund, which is for communities under 10,000 population.

Human Resources committee  I have to remember what my answer was now.

Human Resources committee  I think the key thing with the bank will be balancing how you're going to attract the private sector to some of these projects versus what the public benefits are that we're trying to address with some of these projects, and ensuring that the projects are sustainable as well. You want to make sure that you're not pricing people out of a public transit system with the private sector's being involved.

Human Resources committee  Realizing what the bank, as well—

Human Resources committee  Yes, we'll do that for you.

Human Resources committee  Thank you for the question. I hope we will achieve our objectives although I cannot predict the future in the area. However, as I said at the outset, we are working with the other departments. We communicate with them regularly about the projects they are funding.

Human Resources committee  That depends on the program. I'm not sure whether your question is related to a program, but for public transit, which is managed by Infrastructure Canada, we have an agreement with each province and territory. The provinces and territories are the ones establishing the order of priorities for the projects under review by the department.

Human Resources committee  Is there something that bans a project like that from happening?

Human Resources committee  What I would say about the bank is—

Human Resources committee  There are some restrictions, yes.

Human Resources committee  In those cases, those were public-private partnership models.

Human Resources committee  The asset, though, is owned by the public entity, by the regional entity, or by the municipality itself. It's not owned by the private sector.

Human Resources committee  That's a good question. I can't hypothesize on that. I think you'd have to look at a particular project—its terms.

Human Resources committee  The project is done. It's owned by the private sector. So you're asking—

Human Resources committee  If you go back to the fall economic statement, it talked about equity, subordinated or not, and loans, subordinated or not.