I'm glad you mentioned the gas tax, because that was actually what I wanted to talk about next.
I've always believed that a model like the gas tax model is a great way for our government to make investments in infrastructure. What that does, of course, is allow municipalities, as I've talked about and as you've mentioned, to set priorities among the projects they want to see. They can use the money they're provided under that fund to make long-term decisions about the priorities. Knowing that they have this predictable funding, knowing that it's something they can rely on, they can make priorities around it and plan what they would like to see as priorities for their communities.
Especially in a country like ours, a very diverse country, we have different regions and different types of communities, of course. We have some large urban centres. We have some very small communities that also have needs when it comes to transit, but they're very different.
I look at a riding like mine, for example. I have many small communities, but I have a number of small communities that have commuters who go to Calgary. They've been able to come up with systems they can use to help commuters. But they're certainly different from what they would be in a Toronto or Vancouver city riding. They've been able to set their priorities, just as a larger centre would have somewhat different priorities. Maybe it's a subway line in a larger community.
Would you agree with me that this is the rationale for that type of a fund to be utilized?