Transport committee  I know there are some in Quebec. We have what we call the PEVL--I don't know the exact translation--which is a program of evaluation of the performance of a company, of a carrier. If a driver loses points by driving too fast, or if we have a mechanical problem or something, we

Transport committee  Yes.

Transport committee  Yes, they send out an RFP to carriers that want to bid on that.

Transport committee  No, it's per hour. There's a base contract, but it's mainly per hour of services.

Transport committee  What do you mean? The money goes back to the municipality.

Transport committee  Absolutely. It's in the RFP.

Transport committee  There are some in the Montreal area. There are a lot of them in the Montreal outskirts, not in downtown Montreal, on the Island of Montreal. But in all the suburbs of Montreal, that's the way it is. This is what I was explaining--

Transport committee  The municipality does.

Transport committee  As you know, we have intermunicipal transport boards or CITs in Quebec. That is exactly what happens in all Montreal CITs. The CITs say what service they want. They call private companies and ask for bids to find out who is going to offer the service at the lowest cost. At the sa

Transport committee  Thank you, Doug. I'd like to conclude by saying that for us the key issue is inclusion in a national transit strategy. For far too long, private bus operators have been on the sidelines of the policy debate over transit services. The development of a new national transit strateg