Transport committee  It's not tracked in that way. Obviously, it is specifically tracked in the rural and northern stream, because it's dedicated to rural and northern communities. In looking at our programming overall, as I mentioned, the other streams also support rural communities. As well, something that is very important, the gas tax, also goes to a number of communities, including rural communities, across the country.

Transport committee  For broadband overall, with the new broadband program that was announced of $1.75 billion, that is an opportunity to get grants; that is a granting program. As we're looking at the Canada Infrastructure Bank where they have, within their growth plan, put $2 billion, it is not a granting program.

Transport committee  Within transmission and electrification, we work very closely with our partner departments. Natural Resources Canada is the lead for the energy sector. Our green stream does fund transmission lines and renewable energy types of projects. We did an important one in B.C. for the Peace region.

Transport committee  For us within Infrastructure Canada, we fund projects that are going to be operational and generating energy in the communities right now. That type of technology is in development and would be looked at through Natural Resources Canada in terms of how that might be coming into operation in the future.

Transport committee  When we're looking at attainment of our climate lens and our climate objectives, there are different tools that we're using. You mentioned the climate lens, which has been one of the tools we recently created as a tool to understand the opportunity and build that into the project analysis process.

Transport committee  For the 10 megatonnes, it's calculated right now in using the climate lens for those particular projects that are subject to it. As we go forward with our climate plans, we will be looking at, overall, how we continue to learn and do better and what new tools may be in place, including right now assessing the climate lens and how it needs to evolve for the future.

Transport committee  I will have to get back to you on whether it is a net or is just taking into consideration the ones that we are doing; I believe it is.

Transport committee  We do have our rural and northern stream, which is $2 billion across the country. Then we have investments that are being made in that rural stream right now. The types of investments are quite broad. So far, we're about halfway through that particular stream, in the approved projects—about $1 billion dollars worth for just over 400 projects.

Transport committee  The Infrastructure Bank is an independent organization managed by an independent board of directors. I can't comment on the decisions of senior management.

Transport committee  The Infrastructure Bank is a model put in place by the government with the goal of having more infrastructure investment for the benefit of all Canadians, one that the owner of the public institution remains and so that there is more private sector investment in our infrastructure.

Transport committee  The last part of that question was not coming through on my microphone.

Transport committee  Thank you for your question. As the minister mentioned, the universal broadband fund was announced a few weeks ago. This $1.75 billion fund is designed to support high-speed Internet across the country. At Infrastructure Canada, we've approved 11 projects worth $340 million.

Transport committee  Certainly. I think active transportation is an area for which we are, especially during this pandemic, seeing the import increasing. Within our COVID stream that I mentioned before, there are certain eligible categories. That active transportation we put in as an eligible category.

Transport committee  Thank you for your question. To date, we have approved 1,144 projects in Quebec for a total of $6.5 billion. As for bilateral agreements, the amount allocated is $7.5 billion. For that program, 289 projects have been approved and announced for a total of about $3 billion. Those are the amounts invested in Quebec to date

Transport committee  I do not have that information at the moment, but we could send it to you.